Do you have a data center that is six years old or larger than 500 square feet?
Are you planning to deploy new data center capacity or considering consolidating data centers?
Are you planning to deploy high density/blade solutions, or do you have existing large installations of blade servers?
Do you have too many sites lacking standardization, or have locations with high energy costs?

IBM can help you

• Through world-class processes and practices that take you through a disciplined approach and plan, eliminating risk and ensuring contingencies are in place
• By developing cost-effective alternatives grounded in your financial, technical and IT requirements
• By reducing server sprawl, improving utilization, simplifying operations, standardizing, increasing reliability, reducing energy and cooling
• hardware costs can be reduced 33-70 percent
• maintenance costs can be reduced up to 50 percent
• support costs can be reduced by as much as 33 percent
• floor space/facility costs can be reduced 33-50 percent
• Optimize storage for improved utilization and simplified management
• Manage storage, i.e., increase automation to better control, manage capacity and virtualized storage assets

Five basic building blocks can move you towards optimization of your data center, operational savings and business growth.

Potential benefits

Financial: ability to accurately view baseline energy costs; cost savings from more efficient energy use; and ability to relax budgetary pressures to reduce growth
Operational: more computing performance per kilowatt; flexibility to adopt more efficient technology; extend the life of your IT equipment; resolved IT/facilities lifecylce mix-match
Environmental: meaningful energy conservation; improved public image, positive contribution to the Green movement creates a good place to work

IBM provides services designed to address every aspect of your data center environment to support your power efficiency objectives. We can help you identify the best options for your data center facility and how to optimize your IT systems. Comprehensive services address your end-to-end needs from assessment and design to build, consolidate or relocate.