Unraveling the Mystery of Infrastructure Configuration & Utilization

What makes up your IT infrastructure – really? Sure, it's a combination of servers, storage, security features, applications and databases. But how many do you have? Are you running the right versions? Are there holes in your security leaving your organization at risk?

These are questions IT executives have struggled with for years. But, getting answers has proven difficult – if not impossible. No matter how many resources and hours you pour into it, even a seemingly simple task like getting an accurate server count is often unattainable.

Optimize Your Infrastructure

Finally, there's a way to answer these questions once and for all. IT Optimization Pro (ITOP) from Datatrend is an automated tool wielded by our expert consultants to inventory, measure, detect and report on exactly what's happening in your server environment .ITOP generates a complete inventory of your server environment to identify cost-saving opportunities, such as unnecessary services, virus protection problems and outdated or under-utilized servers.

Using this proprietary methodology and spending just a few hours on site, we gather the data you've been struggling for months – or even years – to capture. Then, we analyze and interpret the data in our Technology Lab and deliver the detailed reports to you, along with a presentation of our findings and optimization recommendations.

IT Optimization ProII - Server Consolidation and Policy Based Scenario Builder

Datatrend has added an analytic engine to its ITOP server data collection tool to provide a set of robust server consolidation analytics and business case scenarios. "ITOPII" automates much of the analysis required to produce server consolidation solutions, consistent with customer policies and consolidation practices. In addition, ITOPII provides a full business case for each alternative consolidation scenario, with full financial assessments including ROI, NPV, and IRR financial metrics.

With ITOPII, server consolidation may now be presented to the business in a way they can understand and buy into. Up to three different scenarios for target platforms can be analyzed and driven through the analytic engine, delivering a comprehensive report with all details required for each scenario.

As a result, server consolidation assessments can be driven in a very cost efficient manner with complete flexibility as to how the scenarios get built and what policies or practices need to be included. ITOPII leaves you with a lasting solution that can be adjusted over time for even better consolidation scenarios.

Millions in Savings

The IT Optimization ProII process has found millions of dollars in savings opportunities for our customers. Problems commonly identified in this process include:

• Too many servers.
• Under-utilized processors.
• Servers without virus protection.
• Unnecessary services and applications.
• Unnecessarily high licensing versions.
• Unacceptably low storage utilization.
• And much more!

Whether you're interested in identifying cost savings, or you're preparing for larger IT initiatives like data center relocation, server and storage consolidation or strategic planning and budgeting, inclusive of financial analytics and business case scenarios, IT Optimization Pro is a crucial first step.

>> Learn more about Datatrend IT Optimization ProII