Data Center LifeCycle Management

Solutions for the Adaptive Data Center

Data centers have seen a widespread resurgence in recent years, marked by rapid growth and new demands on their capabilities. This resurgence is driven by a number of business and technological factors. Businesses are increasingly dependent on their IT infrastructures to drive mission-critical operations throughout the enterprise, from high-volume financial transactions to web-based, global commerce to always-on services.

For many businesses, that means significant cost savings can be realized through data center consolidation and right-sizing. For others, a merger or acquisition drives the need for broad-scale integration, and a spike in the demand for data storage. Increasing regulatory requirements also play a significant role, as companies struggle to meet compliance, archiving, data management and security requirements. And every business needs a business continuity plan that includes disaster recovery, backup and remote operations. For some companies, the reasons for data center migration are simple: market success has resulted in explosive growth that has rendered the current facility obsolete.

The continual evolution of infrastructure technology is transforming the modern data center. Acres of individual servers and miles of cable are being replaced by high-density clusters of rack-based equipment, reducing the need for physical space. Advances in network bandwidth are making it possible to store and access mission-critical applications and data remotely. At the same time, more processes, documents and data are being digitized, increasing the need for more advanced data center configurations.

Collective offers an integrated collection of IT infrastructure, physical layer and relocation services called Data Center LifeCycle Management. Collective's Data Center LifeCycle Management solution helps companies analyze, plan, build, expand and/or relocate facilities to create adaptive data centers that can handle the quickly changing demands of business and technology.

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Designing the Adaptive Data Center

Changing business needs, new application developments and IT Infrastructure advances all happen too quickly for yesterday’s data center to successfully manage and accommodate. In fact, the entire life cycle of the data center, the technology within it and the business it supports must be brought into synchronization. Over-building is cost prohibitive and building only to meet immediate needs doesn’t account for future growth. Today’s data center must be adaptive to the quickly changing demands of business and technology.

A Long-Term, Holistic Approach

To meet the challenges of today, the Collective Data Center Lifecycle Management (DCLM) solution takes advantage of our extensive IT infrastructure expertise to create a proven, process-oriented approach that takes a long-term, holistic view of data center change events and related factors. DCLM facilitates the marriage between IT, facilities and the business, providing a single vendor responsible for all project and change management. With DCLM, you’ll have a proven way to simplify the management of complex IT environments, enabling your company to expand, operate and evolve its data centers in an efficient, cost-effective manner, both now and in the years ahead.

DCLM Services

DCLM is comprised of five services modules, all backed by our Project and Change Management Office solution:

Data Center Strategic Analysis and Planning – Services that establish precise baselines for existing and future data center environments
Data Center Design, Build and Commission – Services for the complete conception and creation of data centers, delivered through partners such as BRUNS-PAK, the industry’s leader in data center design, engineering and contracting
Data Center Relocation – Turnkey solutions for heterogeneous data center environments, ensuring a safe, professional and uneventful data center relocation — on schedule and within budget
Periodic Data Center Evaluation – Quarterly updates to the high-level data center strategy that serve as planned checks and balances for future changes to the data center
Data Center Project Management Office (PMO) – Flexible solutions that allow you to choose varying levels of project management expertise for complex data center projects

Collective Leadership in Data Center Solutions

Collective is a recognized leader in data center solutions, providing:

• An extensive background in data center services, with over 12 years of success working with a variety of technologies and a range of industries
• Capable and certified professionals, including IT infrastructure experts, senior managers and Project Management Professional managers
• Partnership with major technology providers, including industry leaders such as Dell, EMC, HP, Microsoft, NetApp, SUN and Symantec/VERITAS
• Security clearance coordination through our Field Security Officer (FSO), ensuring full security compliance, including compliance for Federal Government relocations.