For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals (Length: 17 pages)

December 28, 2007

How Large Enterprises Approach IT Infrastructure Consolidation

This is the first document in the "IT Consolidation Imperative" series.

by James Staten

with Simon Yates, Walid Saleh


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

Most IT shops are either down the path or plan to engage in IT infrastructure consolidation projects in the next year. How are they approaching it? Forrester surveyed 246 IT executives and managers at US enterprises to find of those actively pursuing consolidation projects what motivated the effort, how they measure success, and the types of servers and applications they are consolidating. It turns out that they are leveraging virtualization liberally, are just as likely to use green power solutions as traditional, and are willing to reconfigure equipment and data center space to overcome cooling inefficiencies.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemThe IT-To-BT Transformation Is A Key Driver For IT Consolidation

itemThe Elephant In The Data Center: Power And Cooling

recommendations

itemGet Started Now With Efficiency As Your Goal

WHAT IT MEANS

itemConstant Consolidation Is the Future

For our August 2007 US Enterprise IT Consolidation Online Survey, Forrester surveyed 246 IT executives and managers at US enterprises about their IT consolidation experiences and future plans. We asked what motivated the effort, how they measure success, and the types of servers and applications they are consolidating.

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itemThe Virtualization Imperative

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itemBest Practices: Adopt The Discipline of Consolidation

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itemBusiness Technology Defined

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Analyst: James Staten
Technology: Data Center Management, IT Infrastructure & Operations, Systems Management
Geography: North America

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