Consolidation

Once in a Lifetime

Data Center Migrations are rare occurrences for most IT organizations. As attractive as they are, the benefits are at risk when inexperienced teams attempt this complex and politically charged undertaking. What is a "once in a lifetime" project for most organizations is David-Kenneth’s singular focus.

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Symantec in a 2010 survey of 900 data centers' managers found that 50% were understaffed.

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Transition-Transformation Case Study No. 2

Goal:
Achieve the attractive business benefits associated with a strategic five (5) year initiative to reduce costs and improve productivity through the consolidation of data centers across all business units.

Situation:
The Data Center Transformation project is in the early stages of execution with significant progress being made. Due to continuing acquisitions the scope of the 5-year plan is dynamic, requiring additional resources to be inserted into the team to maintain acceptable performance to schedule

Solution:
The David-Kenneth Group was engaged to provide experienced data center migration

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Relocation Case Study

Goal:
Develop and document a ROI and timeline associated with the migration and transition of all data center functions and servers to a new data center location

Situation:
Executive management had security and space utilization concerns about their current data center facilities and needed a thorough and comprehensive cost benefit analysis to facilitate their decision making process regarding a potential data center relocation.

Solution:
The David-Kenneth Group was engaged to provide an assessment and subsequent proposal for relocation of their existing data center to a new facility.

Engagement

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10 Essential Steps for Data Center Migration Success

Based upon our successes, the below points illustrate the 10 Essential Steps to a Successful Data Center Migration. For a more in depth Data Center Migration methodology please contact us.

Appoint an experienced Project Leader (other than the project sponsor) and team lead(s) who has/have previous experience with this type of project.
- Assign a resource to serve as the QA/Review Role for each team.
- Assign a resource as the vendor liaison in order to leverage Vendor resources and expertise.
Manage and control scope by clearly articulating what will be migrated via a server inventory list.

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You're about to embark on a "Once in a Lifetime" project. Data Center Migrations are high-stake propositions--lots of upside with significant risks.

David-Kenneth is interested in learning about your Date Center Migration. We'll arrange to have a consultant answer any and all questions in an initial consultation at no cost to you. To minimize the initial discovery portion of the consultation, please fillout as much of the Initial Client Data Sheet as you feel comfortable doing (click on sections to expand them).

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