This phase of the blueprint, Effectively Acquire Infrastructure Services, will help you develop an acquisition approach, strategy, and timeline.
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This storyboard provides an end-to-end process to effectively acquire infrastructure services, from developing your requirements to developing the RFP, to managing the...
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Read this Executive Brief to understand why acquiring infrastructure services should be treated differently than acquiring infrastructure products.
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The cloud isn’t a magic bullet for backups. Build a strategy that fits your needs and mitigates critical cloud challenges.
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The tool will assist you in evaluating the value of cloud backup for specific candidate data sets, readiness to target backup at the cloud, compare the TCO of the cloud...
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There is a lot of hype and a lot of fear around targeting backups at the cloud. Complete this blueprint to get a sense of the real risks and rewards of cloud backup.
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Vendor co-location site visits can validate decisions or uncover vendor inadequacies and biases. Conduct site visits to shortlisted data center co-location vendors to add...
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A co-location Service Level Agreement (SLA) provides a definition of performance for the negotiated service. SLAs ensure accountability on the part of the service...
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Including both current and future facility requirements helps to align costs and capacity with enterprise needs. Calculate power, cooling, and standby power requirements...
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