Server Consolidation, Virtualization, and Storage
Without a road map to guide IT development, many organizations end up with disparate and/or redundant systems.
Change—whether it is a new market opportunity, a regulatory shift, or a merger or acquisition—puts pressure on your IT organization to maintain current operations while at the same transforming your capabilities to ensure you can meet future needs. But it is these very situations that can lead to too much complexity and redundancy in your vital systems.
With expertise that spans the latest technological capabilities and strategies, West Monroe Partners can guide you through transformation and develop an IT environment that supports your future, not your past.
- Do your business units or functional groups have separate, but similar systems? Do you have multiple servers performing the same function?
- Are you spending a majority of your IT budget to simply maintain an existing system?
- Have you considered how virtualization technologies now are being driven down to the desktop level to help lower operating costs?
Do your business units or functional groups have separate, but similar systems? Do you have multiple servers performing the same function?
West Monroe helps you respond to transformative opportunities by developing a forward-looking IT infrastructure plan and consolidating and migrating existing systems to realize significant operational benefits:
- Lower IT support costs.
- Less system downtime.
- More favorable software discounts, based on fewer common applications with more users.
- Less complexity, greater manageability, and more time to spend on value-added projects.
- Easier integration of systems and data across the organization.
We have experience with leading virtualization technologies:
- Microsoft Hypervisor and Application Virtualization
- VMware vSphere and vCenter Server
- Citrix XenServer, XenApp, and XenDesktop
We also have experience with leading storage platforms, including:
West Monroe partners with your IT team and provides guidance for creating a simplified, more effective technology infrastructure.
- Implement a server virtualization strategy to save money and improve access to data, including evaluating the potential benefits of a cloud computing strategy.
- Develop a multi-tiered storage strategy that utilizes different types of storage based on the value and frequency of data access—for example, keeping old data on slower disks.
- Make better use of the server space you currently have and consolidate servers to eliminate cost and physical space requirements.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements for retaining data.