Submitted by Eileen Haggerty, NetScout's Director of Product Marketing
I have been a regular reader of Information Week for some time, and as I read this latest article about Microsoft’s data center consolidation and build out, I had a deja vue experience – IBM had an article a few days ago about similar needs and challenges associated with their data center build outs.
And just last month there was an article on the State of Oregon consolidating 11 data centers into a single Tier 3 data center.
In all these cases, the investments are substantial – in some cases hundreds of millions – Google’s investments are reported at $600 million, IBM’s at $360 million, the State of Oregon at over $40 million. Microsoft attributes tens of millions in cost-of-revenue increases due to the increased costs associated with the data center build outs. That kind of spending will get the attention of executives, but also put new and increased pressure on the IT staffs tasked with supporting these infrastructures throughout the life of the projects.
Not to oversimplify the efforts, and please take the time to read these articles if you have a data center project underway, I found 2 common goals in each of the stories – improve the ability to meet business objectives, and improve experience of their end-users of networked applications. NetScout offers network and application performance management solutions that address 4 key elements of a Project Lifecycle:
– Pre-deployment audits of existing network activity,
- Planning and decision-making based on evidence collected from your network
- Post-deployment impact analysis to verify decisions made were appropriate
- On-going management to detect and diagnose user-impacting problems and verify corrective actions
Utilizing NetScout solutions throughout the lifecycle of your data center consolidation or build out process will help protect performance, enhance cross-function collaboration, and provide investment protection throughout the life of your project – come see how we can help.
And please share with us stories about your data center projects – any tips you can provide would be welcomed!
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