Planning, Analysis, and Design Services

Through a focus on offering total solutions which address clients’ needs precisely and completely, Datatrend emphasizes the importance of planning, analysis, and solution design in the process of evaluating and acquiring infrastructure solutions. Planning and conducting a needs assessment are often some of the crucial first steps. Analysis involves collecting and interpreting data around the current environment and performance, as well as mapping trends. Solution design involves the “blueprint” or architecture of the infrastructure as guided by the results of the planning and analysis

Capacity Planning

As technology becomes exponentially more important to modern day businesses, the benefits of capacity planning are seen throughout the data center and in the bottom line. Datatrend’s capacity planning specialists work with organizations to plan for growth and future needs while establishing their current infrastructure to perform optimally. Datatrend helps companies identify potential bottlenecks and establish an environment that will meet needs today and tomorrow.

Technology and Solution Assurance

Datatrend works closely with customers to deliver technology and solution assurance two-fold while delivering an end-to-end solution. Our technical experts engage each organization’s IT professionals to together develop and plan each solution, fulfilling the technology and solution assurance process prior to finalizing the sale. As the solution nears implementation, we again perform a second analysis to ensure that the technology and solution will fulfill the requirements and integrate seamlessly into the environment.

Proofs of Concept

Datatrend ensures that every solution is the best solution by driving proofs of concept with organizations prior to the deployment of the new technology. Through our extensive product knowledge and technical certifications, our proofs of concept deliver value by not only securing the solution with our customers prior to launch but also simulating the workload to offer a tangible look into the actual deployment.

Product Evaluations, Testing, and Benchmarks

Datatrend's Solution Center is a complete testing, demonstration, and benchmarking facility. Located in Minnetonka, Minnesota, Datatrend invites organizations throughout North America to view demos, to test drive solutions, and to train on state-of-the-art technology. Our customers literally get to “try it before they buy it” as they ensure that their solution is designed to their needs and specifications.

Health Checks and Utilization/Performance Analysis

Datatrend has teamed with Infrastructure Solutions Incorporated (ISI) to offer a powerful service and tool-- the Infrastructure Health Check. Through this offering, organizations can check the health of current infrastructure, identifying:

• Under-utilized servers
• Performance issues
• Storage inefficiencies
• Business continuity risks
• Security Risks
• Licensing exposures

By analyzing these components, companies are able to identify what they have in their data center and what they can better utilize, lowering TCO and laying the groundwork for future IT planning.

Solution Design/Architecture

Our Design Study offering can address a variety of initiatives including application migration, server consolidation, storage management, database/content management, and much more. The Design Study is a logical and natural first step for many of Datatrend's service offerings.

Datatrend's Design Study offering is an excellent way for an organization to determination if a solution from Datatrend is the right fit… by deciding whether or not to proceed with an implementation upon the conclusion of the Study. Datatrend's Design Study offering provides flexibility to customers.

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