Do more with less
The growth of a company generally goes through a set of rapid and discontinuous events, such as merger & acquisitions, the internet boom, or a fast internationalization: this non-linear process normally creates all the pains of increased complexity, fragmentation and de-localization of the IT infrastructure. Thus an IT consolidation activity is a primary need to improve performance and cost efficiency. HP can help you address the complex challenge of IT consolidation - providing you with a better understanding of near and long-term ramifications so you can enact changes that deliver increased productivity, improved service levels, and superior cost efficiency.
Guiding you through the consolidation process
HP IT consolidation is an on-going process that addresses the entire IT environment - people, processes and technology - to make IT more effective, efficient and agile. Providing a depth of design, delivery, and management support that is unmatched in the industry, HP IT Consolidation Services map to your business needs. Specific services include:
Consolidation Value Workshop
Identifying your business and IT objectives and determining a high-level understanding of your infrastructure
Investment Justification and Architectural Blueprints
Utilizing quantitative and qualitative tools to address TCO, value analyses, best-practice gaps, readiness, and more.
Design and Transition Planning
Creating a plan that works best for your business
Implementation
Delivering our consolidation plans across your organization
Steps in the IT Consolidation Journey commonly include consolidation of operations (servers) and consolidation of information assets (storage and databases) plus application streamlining - ultimately enabling a utility-based operational model that fosters lower IT costs, improved responsiveness, and greater flexibility.
HP leads the way
As part of our IT Consolidation Services, HP has the unique ability to:
- Provide open platform environments
- Take advantage of strong partnerships with software vendors such as Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, and Brocade
- Deliver a comprehensive range of services to address the needs of your total computing environment
All good reasons why the 2002 IDC Server and Consolidation Study reported that enterprise customers most often mentioned HP as a server and storage consolidation partner.
As a customer you can leverage from:
- HP's unmatched internal experience: HP reduced its own data centers from 153 to just 7, lowering costs by 40%
- HP's single open industry standard IT consolidation solution approach
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