SightMap™ Strategy

The strategy phase is focused on comprehensive and timely performance of data center service business modeling, requirements definition, alternative assessment and strategy development activities. Through the identification and execution of an optimal data center strategy, clients are assured that their immediate and long-term business objectives are met cost effectively in terms of systems and technology life cycle management, real estate optimization, and infrastructure redundancy and reliability.

 Current State Assessment                    Provides a comprehensive assessment of the engineering attributes and limitations of the existing data centers and the technology architecture and roadmap of the enterprise.

 Requirements Development                    Requirements Development is the interactive process of identifying the set of minimum actual and planned Financial, Technological, Service, Operational, and Risk components that a compute facility must deliver. It creates the basis for technology selection as well as for planning and designing upgrades to existing technology deployments.

 Solution Architecture Definition                    The development of innovative infrastructure, systems, applications, and core services alternatives.

Accounts for physical and technology growth, recovery objectives, business drivers, workload affinities, and emerging technology requirements.

 Geographic Location and                       
        Site Alternatives                                      The following is developed:

 workload distribution profile, demand model,
     and capacity analysis

 performance criteria for real estate selection
     and evaluation

 site assessments and reports

 a financial and facility-based comparison of
     viable site alternatives.

Viable buy versus build site alternatives that are evaluated at this point may include legacy site upgrades, new shell facilities, and green-field construction.

Considers partnering and peering arrangements as well as outsourcers, and delivers a thorough review and recommendation of existing third-party vendor data center solutions.

 Financial Analysis                                      Identifies detailed costing around the alternative sites and strategies being evaluated.

Takes into account all information that has been gathered, including site-specific analyses and technology migrations.

Clients increasingly see this an opportunity to re-visit or develop a change-back methodology and activity-based cost mode.

Provides risk and SWOT analyses.

Financial analysis is based on current operating costs and expected project-related costs to provide required levels of service and results in a consolidated financial view of potential alternatives.

 Strategy and Roadmap                                      Finalizes the strategy and provides recommendations by marrying the qualitative information developed from the other modules.

The SightMap™ recommendation narrows the wide field of alternatives to the few that best meet requirements while minimizing risks and costs.