IT Infrastructure Solutions and Services

Manage Your Infrastructure Cost Effectively

Infrastructure management, including technology deployment, is a huge drain on IT resources. According to Gartner Group, an average of 78% of an IT budget is spent just managing existing systems and software infrastructures. Unfortunately, IT is often resource-constrained and barely able to manage their current environments, much less focus on their company's core competencies.

IT needs help making the right purchasing decisions for both immediate needs and long-term goals. They also need solutions that adapt to their specific infrastructure and business needs, provide scalability, and include specialized skills sets and knowledge.

Collective is your trusted partner to help you efficiently and cost effectively plan, build, secure, manage, and optimize your IT infrastructure. Our enterprise-class solutions and services have been tested and refined through hundreds of successful engagements with both large and mid-size businesses:

• Infrastructure Solutions — Turn-key solutions to manage key components of your infrastructure such as Mail and Messaging. These comprehensive solutions include everything from guidance on purchasing best-of-breed technology to best practices and proven methodologies for solution design, implementation and management.
• Infrastructure Consulting Services — Customized infrastructure service offerings to manage infrastructure technologies, such as mail and messaging, back-up and recovery, SAN & NAS storage, archiving and data management. These services are delivered through each of our infrastructure practices: Directory, Messaging and Collaboration; Business Continuance; High Performance Computing and Open Systems; Infrastructure Management; Storage Optimization; Document Management; Storage and Server Virtualization, Migration and Consolidation; Networking and Security; SQL Database.

The Benefits

• Reduced operational risks based on proven technology, standardized methodologies, and field-tested best practices.
• Greater efficiencies with formalized methodologies backed by knowledge and experience gained from extensive engagements.
• Enterprise-class experience and expertise with a direct link to industry-leading vendors as well as the proper expertise and skill sets required for successful deployment.
• Enterprise-class experience and expertise with a direct link to industry-leading vendors as well as the proper expertise and skill sets required for successful deployment.