Modernize the Data Center with Software-Defined Infrastructure
Take a page from the cloud architecture playbook and develop an on-premise infrastructure that is elastic, agile, highly available, and ready for the hybrid future.
Book This WorkshopThe current data center cannot adequately deliver on quickly evolving business and user demands:
- Risking the possibility of moving data center operations to the public cloud.
- Struggling with the cost and complexity of legacy infrastructure.
- Positioning the data center as the bottleneck to business growth and success.
Modernizing the data center with SDI will help you achieve an agile cloud-like data center:
- Allowing software to execute on tedious and time-consuming tasks.
- Pooling and abstracting data center resources to optimize resource allocation and utilization to achieve cloud-like agility.
- Simplifying and optimizing data center tasks through automation and orchestration.
- Delivering products and solutions to the end user in a fraction of the time.
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Onsite Workshops offer an easy way to accelerate your project. If you are unable to do the project yourself, and a Guided Implementation isn’t enough, we offer low-cost onsite delivery of our Project Workshops. We take you through every phase of your project and ensure that you have a road map in place to complete your project successfully.
Book NowModule 1: Establish a Vision and Assess the Current State of IT
The Purpose
- Solicit stakeholders for their intentions toward the modernization.
- Assess the current state of IT.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Identified the current state of IT and its readiness for software-defined infrastructure (SDI).
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1.1 | Current IT Assessment and Technical Debt Assessment |
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1.2 | Current Skills Matrix |
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1.3 | IT Platform Assessment |
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Module 2: Explore SDI-Enabling Technologies and Create Projects
The Purpose
- Introduce SDI-enabling technologies.
- Complete the tool and create projects.
Key Benefits Achieved
- A list of projects that will be used to modernize the data center to SDI.
Activities: | Outputs: | |
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2.1 | Virtualization Maturity Assessment |
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2.2 | SDI Skills Matrix |
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2.3 | Process Comparison |
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2.4 | Project Creation |
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Module 3: Plan the Modernization
The Purpose
- Identify and prioritize appropriate modernization projects.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Effective planning that will ensure ideal results from the modernization effort.
Activities: | Outputs: | |
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3.1 | Continued Project Creation |
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3.2 | Pilot Project Creation |
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3.3 | Project Prioritization |
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Module 4: Communicate the Modernization
The Purpose
- Assemble the final communications report.
Key Benefits Achieved
- A final report that will be used to communicate to all stakeholders.
Activities: | Outputs: | |
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4.1 | Final Communications Report |
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