Define Your Cloud Vision

This blueprint reviews the characteristics, pros, and cons of cloud services, helping readers understand when to employ software-, platform-, and...
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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 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...

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 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,...

Infrastructure Outsourcing RFP Scoring Tool

Use the prefilled examples in this RFP Vendor Proposal Scoring Tool to assess which vendor proposal can best meet your infrastructure outsourcing services requirements in...

Cloud Strategy Workbook

This tool, part of the blueprint, Own the Cloud: Strategy and Action Plan, will help you identify the which service models align with your workloads, conduct a cloud...

Infrastructure Service RFP Template

Use the prefilled examples in this RFP template to procure a variety of infrastructure outsourcing services.

Effectively Acquire Infrastructure Services – Phase 4: Manage the Contract, Transition, and Vendor

This phase of the blueprint, Effectively Acquire Infrastructure Services, will help you review your SLAs and develop a plan to transition the service and manage the vendor.

Service Acquisition Planning and Tracking Tool

Use this Service Acquisition Planning and Tracking Tool to plan your acquisition activities and track progress.
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