Data Center Facility Requirements Estimations At-a-Glance

When building or refreshing the data center, IT must have a high level understanding of requirements and potential budget. Facility requirements for power, cooling,...

Data Center Power and Cooling Requirements Calculator

Including both current and future facility requirements helps to align costs and capacity with enterprise needs. Calculate power, cooling, and standby power requirements...

Data Center Co-location Site Visit and Evaluation Checklist

Vendor co-location site visits can validate decisions or uncover vendor inadequacies and biases. Conduct site visits to shortlisted data center co-location vendors to add...

Data Center Co-location SLA & Service Definition Template

A co-location Service Level Agreement (SLA) provides a definition of performance for the negotiated service. SLAs ensure accountability on the part of the service...

Storyboard: Create a Game Plan to Implement Cloud Backup the Right Way

There is a lot of hype and a lot of fear around targeting backups at the cloud. Complete this blueprint to get a sense of the real risks and rewards of cloud backup.

Cloud Backup Implementation Game Plan Tool

The tool will assist you in evaluating the value of cloud backup for specific candidate data sets, readiness to target backup at the cloud, compare the TCO of the cloud...

Create a Game Plan to Implement Cloud Backup the Right Way

The cloud isn’t a magic bullet for backups. Build a strategy that fits your needs and mitigates critical cloud challenges.
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Effectively Acquire Infrastructure Services – Phase 3: Manage Vendor Questions and Select the Vendor

This phase of the blueprint, Effectively Acquire Infrastructure Services, will help you manage the activities surrounding vendor questions and score your responses to...

Effectively Acquire Infrastructure Services – Phase 2: Assess Requirements and Build the RFP

This phase of the blueprint, Effectively Acquire Infrastructure Services, will help you assess your service requirements and build an RFP.

Vendor Management Template

Use this vendor management template to track your communications with the vendor and prepare for regular service reviews.
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