Servers & Storage

Assessment – Sourcing – Optimisation – Design & Management – Transformation

From physical storage environment assessments to data & information lifecycle management

CDRU vendor agnostic methodologies are considered industry’s best practice implementation of Information Lifecycle Concepts, having worked across all major global storage brands.

 

Outcomes

• A strategic approach to cost minimisation from design to implementation and ongoing management, including effective consumption reduction strategies
• Cost minimisation strategy to manage escalating 50% year-on-year growth in storage needs
• Potential to reduce up to 80% of storage cost in a sustainable way, starting with archive

 

How we deliver

Assessment

• A rapid analysis of the current platforms through utilising various supplier tools, combined with leading subject matter experts is the first step of any storage remediation.
• Areas where intervention will be of most value are identified.

Optimisation

• The benefits of “dynamic” data placement are exploited, especially related to high cost application environments.
• Review and recommendation for sourcing, allocation and performance review processes.
• Defer or avoid further investment through full utilisation of current storage capacity in line with usage patterns.

Transformation

• Minimisation of Capital required to re-fresh investments, optimization of utilization.
• Strategy and architecture to meet business requirements today and in the future state.
• Right sizing of needs, and supplier solutions, to meet business and performance needs.

End user Computing/Desktop – typical CDRU services

• Development of enterprise cost models, using templates to quickly expose all costs.
• Development of contemporary desktop strategies to road maps.
• Benchmarking of End User Computing Services and costs across large scale enterprises.
• Future state assessments of where MS cloud services offer value v Google Enterprise.
• Complex sourcing for 000’s of desktop services using IP and templates.
• Microsoft ELA licence audits completed with recommendations on lowering costs.