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Optimizing the PC Segment of California's IT Infrastructure
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Defining the datacentre needs of 21st century enterprises
Enterprise-owned datacentres are becoming an increasingly scarce sight in the IT world, as businesses move to outsource their infrastructure requirements to the colocation and cloud provider communities. As part of this journey, IT leaders need to work out how much (and which parts) of their infrastructure make most sense to keep in-house or shift off-premise, from both an economic and business agility perspective. Should they retain a private datacentre for mission-critical, legacy applications and continue to shoulder all of the building and management costs that entails, or off-load it to a colocation facility, where they can choose to get someone else to manage it for them? Alternatively, is it time to consider getting out of hardware ownership altogether, and ramp up their use of cloud-based infrastructure services instead?
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To buy or not to buy: Manufacturer support or third parties?
For IT professionals that have multiple brands and OEMs inside your data center, you already know that if a problem arises, it is very hard to get someone to own it. If you’ve heard the phrase, “It must be the other devices causing problems, it’s not ours”, then you understand the problems that OEM support occasionally brings.
In this article, you will get a side-by-side comparison of OEM support versus third-party maintenance (TPM) when it comes to costs, administration, and coverage.
Read on to learn more about the difference between these two approaches and a vendor that can help you make the decision easily.
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How to integrate third-party maintenance into your data center strategy
Third-party maintenance. What is it? How is it different from OEM support? And how should it fit into your overall data center maintenance strategy?
These questions can seem daunting at first, but Service Express is here to help you find out what management options are available at your fingertips with a simple video guide.
Tune into this In a Flash video to learn the basics of third-party maintenance, and discover how you can start assembling a strong third-party toolset to support your data center maintenance strategy.
