Infrastructure Consolidation
Less is More
Remote infrastructure in a distributed enterprise represents a large cost to an organisation. There are costs to procure it, costs to deploy it and costs to keep it running. Multiply this by the number of remote locations, a requirement for mobility, and flexible working conditions and it can be easy to lose focus or worse, control! Infrastructure consolidation is essential in order to balance business requirements with available resources and provide an efficient IT function. An infrastructure consolidation strategy will reduce cost and does not have to come at the cost of performance. In fact, a properly architected solution should improve performance and increase the effectiveness of the distributed workforce.
What are the Benefits?
- Fewer physical devices at remote locations
- Central control, security and storage of data
- Improved flexibility and business agility
- Increased infrastructure efficiency
- Resource efficiency
- tandardised technology
- Focus on core business objectives
- Reduced cost
How is this Achieved?
- Limit local technology provision – consolidate technology into as few locations as possible while still supporting defined business objectives. Where technology must reside locally then deploy this with as few physical devices as possible and promote technology standardisation.
- Accurate, reliable and consistent management information – if you understand what is going on within the infrastructure then it is easier to understand where consolidation is possible or even worthwhile.
- Application performance – aim not to consolidate where application performance or user experience is degraded. Infrastructure controls may be able to address this but reference should always be made to business priority and value
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