Background
Following an acquisition, a leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals had a requirement for a major datacentre rationalisation programme.
Challenges
The customer, with headquarters in New York, employs more than 50,000 people and operates in over 100 countries, called on Wavestone to complete a full assessment in preparation of the rationalisation programme. The customer had a requirement to identify ownership of all 20,000 unique assets and compile a detailed plan for the systems move.
Answers and key factors for success
Results
- Data centres in New York and South East England closed on time and within budget
- Over 20,000 unique IT assets identified and analysed
- Business cases created and presented to CFO
- Multi-functional, multi-country teams mobilised and managed
- Detailed planning carried out
- Alignment with global data centre and Real Estate strategy
- Adoption of global method
Benefits
- Gained approval of rationalisation programme by CFO
- Aligned all IT assets with corresponding business units
- Recommended the most effective way to move systems
- Created a timeline for completion
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“Wavestone’s intimate knowledge of our technical and support environment, as well as our methods of working made it easy to get started and build momentum quickly”
Head of Datacentre Rationalisation
