|
Infrastructure Upgrade /
Optimisation
For
many organisations growth
and rapid developments in
new technologies have
resulted in desktop, server,
network and IT
infrastructures that are
overly complex, inflexible
and difficult to manage with
built-in costs that are not
only high but also somewhat
fixed regardless of changing
business requirements. Most
recognise the need to
rationalise and optimise
their existing
infrastructures, but in many
cases, IT upgrade and
optimisation efforts are
stymied by a restricted
perspective that merely
focuses on discrete
initiatives that are not
sufficient on their own to
stimulate long-term and
sustainable business growth.
Infotech helps enterprises
understand the current state
of their IT infrastructure
and devise the roadmap for
their business to optimise
technology investments made
and increase business
agility. By categorising
different aspects of the
infrastructure based on
Microsoft’s Infrastructure
Optimisation Model,
Infotech’s Infrastructure
Solutions Engineers and
Consultants, identify the
strategic value and business
benefits in moving an
organisation from a "basic"
level of IT maturity (where
the IT infrastructure is
generally considered a "cost
center") towards a more
"dynamic" use when the
business value of the IT
infrastructure is realised
and the IT infrastructure is
viewed as a strategic
business asset and business
enabler.
Level 1: BASIC
-
Hard-to-control
environments
-
High desktop and server
management costs
-
Administration of IT
largely a manual task
-
Very reactive to
security threats
-
Lack of tactics and
knowledge for
improvements
Level 2: STANDARDISED
-
Introducing controls
through the use of
policies to manage
desktops and servers
-
Reasonable inventory of
hardware & software
-
Beginning to manage
licenses
-
Security measures
improved with a locked
down perimeter, internal
security may still be a
risk
Level 3: RATIONALISED
-
Costs
involved in managing
desktops and servers at
their lowest
-
Policies matured and
beginning to play a more
important role in
supporting and expanding
the business
-
Security very proactive;
responds to threats
rapid and controlled
-
Clear
inventory of hardware &
software; only purchase
licenses & computers
needed
Level 4: DYNAMIC
-
Fully
aware of the strategic
value of their
infrastructure
-
Costs
under full control
-
Processes are fully
automated
-
Additional investments
in technology yield
specific, rapid,
measurable benefits for
the business
-
Self
provisioning software &
quarantine-like systems
in use
|
