Datacentre 3.0
VMware, Cisco and EMC are fundamentally changing the Datacentre game.
Datacentre 3.0 changes the economics of the Datacentre, with new architectures that combine the network, compute and storage platforms. The result is a shift from today's Datacentre environment - where over 70% of budget goes towards "keeping the lights on" - to one that delivers consolidation, virtualisation and automation.
The old way
Datacentre IT assets become obsolete approximately every 5 years, so the vast majority of IT investment is spent on upgrading various pieces of infrastructure and providing redundancy and recoverability: activities that consume approximately 60 to 80% of IT expenditures without necessarily providing optimal business value or innovation. In addition, the return on investment (ROI) for new IT projects can take anywhere from 9 to 18 months.
As a result, IT has been forced to focus on simply keeping the Data Centre running rather than on delivering the kind of innovation that meets user needs for faster, better services while also meeting requirements and ensuring business agility.
The new way
Datacentre 3.0 provides a roadmap and an architecture for private cloud computing, and offers an alternative approach. It profoundly transforms the way in which information and services are consumed and provided and can enable businesses to:
- Lower costs by using energy and resources more efficiently (capital and operational costs can be cut by over 50%)
- Enhance agility, growth, and profitability, with the ability to scale up (and down) and 30% increase in server workloads
- Simplify operations and management, with faster provisioning and the ability to manage the infrastructure as a single system.
Find out more about our 3-stage methodology for migrating customers to a "Datacentre 3.0" environment.
NetStar has partnered with VMware, Cisco and EMC ("VCE")to deliver the private cloud computing vision. While a full cloud computing model may be some years away, an immediate ROI can be achieved by adopting a strategy to:
- Consolidate
- Virtualise
- Automate
Why NetStar?
NetStar has expertise across the network, compute and storage platforms; we enable our customers to implement solutions based on validated "VCE" architectures. This reduces risk, ensures a faster return on investment and significantly lowers ongoing support and management costs. We also differentiate our approach by our management offerings that further reduce operating costs and takes the burden of managing the day to day operation of your virtual environment away from your IT staff.
Our Datacentre services include:
- Health check of existing Data Centre infrastructure
- Virtualisation Assessment
- Server Consolidation
- Transition to 10 Gigabit Ethernet
- Deployment of Unified Fabric
- Managed Virtual Infrastructure services
- Managed Back-up services
Contact NetStar today using our online enquiry form for more information on our Datacentre and virtualisation capabilities.
