Tech Deck: March

Welcome back to the third edition of my monthly technology newsletter! Tech Deck aims to provide visibility into the latest technology; trends and challenges; through various initiatives and case studies. Instead of just explaining these trends and challenges, we'll delve into key focus areas and provide in-depth solution briefs and white papers to help you stay ahead of the curve. This month's issue takes a deeper dive into Datacenter Assessments! A largely overlooked tool that any organization can take advantage of!

Datacenter Assessments

The first question to define is: Why?

Nearly every IT professional struggles to extract maximum performance, reliability, and efficiency from datacenter infrastructure components. The challenge usually centers on accurately accounting existing computational, storage, network, and other resources, and comparing those results against existing and projected requirements. This task can become time-consuming and requires specialized expertise. Plus, the results are critical for preparing technology roadmaps that provide sufficient performance margins without wasteful overprovisioning. ?

Key Benefits?

• Don’t estimate. Know your datacenter’s strengths and weaknesses - Data measurement collection techniques and rigorous analysis protocols eliminate guesswork and provide concrete remediation options to improve all aspects of datacenter operations. ?
• Best-Of-Breed Analytic Tools, Plus Expert Engineering Analysis, Provide the Big Picture You’re Looking For - Assessments combine the IT industry’s most sophisticated and powerful data collection and analysis tools with expert systems engineering know-how. ?
• Plan Your Future Roadmaps with Confidence - By understanding existing capacities, workloads, operational risks, energy and cooling expenditures, and other variable factors, upgrade plans and infrastructure transitions can be based on solid data and analysis, not unfounded conjecture. ?

?Conclusion

Expert technology assessments represent a powerful tool for IT professionals responsible for the health and efficiency of their organization's datacenter operations. The reason is simple - You can’t effectively manage what you’re not carefully measuring and analyzing over time. The results are critical for technology roadmaps that provide performance margins without wasteful overprovisioning. Most organizations offer assessments at varying levels based on your specific needs.

Thank you for reading this month's edition! I always value feedback, so feel free to message me and let me know your thoughts. Have a great March, everyone!?

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