This white paper looks at HP's approach to Data Center Transformation and how it can help enterprise data centers reduce costs, manage risks, and support business growth. Learn about the 4 key factors which should influence your data center transformation strategy. See first hand how HP embarked on a three-year transformation program for its own data centers. This ambitious program involved rationalizing 85 data centers into just six global ones- with tangible and measurable benefits.
Data Center Transformation
HP's proven Data Center Transformation approach can help you reduce costs, manage risks, and accelerate business growth.
Introduction......................................................................................................................................... 2 What is the business value of the data center? ........................................................................................ 2 Reducing cost to the business in today's high-demand environment ........................................................ 2 Managing risks in a 24x7 connected environment ............................................................................... 3 Supporting business growth............................................................................................................... 3 Data Center Transformation (DCT): improving four domains for lower costs, less risk, and faster growth ........ 4 Improving energy and space efficiency............................................................................................... 4 Why transform? ........................................................................................................................... 5 Data Center Transformation activities.............................................................................................. 5 Data Center Transformation benefits ............................................................................................... 5 Achieving "always on" availability..................................................................................................... 5 Why transform? ........................................................................................................................... 5 Data Center Transformation activities.............................................................................................. 6 Data Center Transformation benefits ............................................................................................... 6 Global data centers with virtualized infrastructure................................................................................ 6 Why transform? ........................................................................................................................... 6 Data Center Transformation activities.............................................................................................. 6 Data Center Transformation benefits ............................................................................................... 7 Implementing service-centric, automated data center operations using the best sourcing options................ 7 Why transform? ........................................................................................................................... 7 Data Center Transformation activities.............................................................................................. 8 Data Center Transformation benefits ............................................................................................... 8 Data Center Transformation methodology............................................................................................... 8 Data Center Transformation in action ................................................................................................. 9 HP's internal Data Center Transformation project will produce dramatic results .................................... 9 For more information............................................................................................................................ 9
Introduction
In today's connected global marketplace, data centers are more important than ever. Customers expect to purchase products and access services 24x7. So any downtime-planned or unplanned-can disrupt critical business processes. New regulations are requiring organizations to store larger quantities of data for longer periods of time. And environmental concerns mean data centers are under increasing pressure to reduce their carbon footprint and dispose of old equipment in a safe and eco-friendly manner. To meet these evolving demands, data centers must achieve near continuous availability, increase capacity and efficiency, and become greener. But not all data centers are ready for these challenges. Many large enterprises have multiple data centers that are 15 years old, running multiple servers and operati... [download for more]
