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7 Reasons Why Hundreds of Business Owners
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Addressing Operational costs. |
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You realise the cost of information technology (IT) operations dwarfs the cost of hardware and software often accounting for 50% to 80% of the IT budget and you’re looking for ways to change this... You have been asked to reduce the IT budget over the next twelve months without impacting the response to the business. As a matter of fact it is expected you increase the responsiveness and flexibility. You must find a way and you are ready to find out what the alternatives there are. Further, you’re curious how AlexFox has helped other businesses to manage the same demands |
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The organisation needs to convert Silo departments into a Cohesive Business Support Unit to better use resources. |
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Your departments operate as Silos and are very well defined. While this served you well in the past it no longer supports the business as it should. Change management is now an issue. Moreover, you have expanded your infrastructure through acquisition and organic growth. Every time a new person started there was a new desktop deployed and every time a new application was required there was a new server request. Suddenly you realise your server utilisation ratio is about 20% to 30% (typical) which is a total waste of resources. You realise this must change and must change now. |
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You’re running out of resources. You know you must Reclaim space in the Data Centre/Server Room and reduce power & cooling loads. |
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Power consumption due to server powering and cooling has gone through the roof. Even if you wanted to add a couple of more servers soon there will be no capacity to house them or support them. Your computer room/data centre is reaching capacity and you wonder how you will be able to expand the computing power while reducing the footprint of your data centre, reducing your power bill and reducing the management costs. Is this even possible? – you question. You know this will be the main issue in the very near future and you need to act now – due diligence for the benefit of the business is a must – so where do you get started? |
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Everybody is talking about Virtualisation –You’ve even started to play with it – what is next? |
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You’ve heard all the fuzz about virtualisation and optimisation and you wonder what it is, how it works and how you could benefit from it however you’re reluctant to contact anyone because you’re afraid this would be a big commitment. Businesses have been using virtualisation for decades and the technology has matured to such a state that it is now easier to implement and far more cost effective than doing nothing. Everyday without knowing or doing anything is a lost opportunity for the business to not just keep up with the market but possibly to gain vital competitive advantage. Even worse, what if someone else in the organisation questions why you haven’t taken proactive steps to utilise this business life saving technology specially in present economic times however all you know is that you can reduce 40 servers into 3 or 4 servers and 100 desktops into 4 servers and 100 dumb terminals. It’s time to know how it works and even out it to the test in a small scale first to see how easy it is. |
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Innovation is a real issue for You. You spend most of the time just maintaining the status quo – let alone finding ways to get ahead of the competition. |
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You know that you must invest more resources in becoming innovative and spending time in your core business and supporting marketing, but you don't even have time to keep up with your industry changes let alone the changes in global business and how to improve it all ... Running and maintaining your current infrastructure keeps you busy enough. Keeping abreast of changes is the most important aspect of a CIO and IT manager alike. Your nearest competitor might have dedicated all their effort into getting ahead. You know this is vital to your role...and to the business but how to you find the time? Is it possible to get someone to look after the mundane every day stuff and paying less than it costs you now while freeing up your IT personnel for innovation. |
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Risk Management Strategies is high in the agenda but hardly seems to be enough time to do something about it. |
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Disaster recovery and Business Continuity Planning has been in the back of your mind but with so many things going on there is hardly the time to discuss it, let alone do something about it. Compliance is an issue that needs to be addressed. God forbid something happens to interrupt business operations – what impact will this have? There are compelling reasons to take this seriously... Your IT department does backup procedures and stores tapes off site but you know in a real case of having to operate from those tapes will hardly cut it. You may even have a BCP and payed through the nose for it but it has never been tested. In fact it’s volumes of information that make no sense to you. Please, somebody help me with little fuzz …. |
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The Green Agenda. |
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Being Green is now sometimes a pre-requisite for doing business. Even if it’s not, public perception and work ethics dictate the business looks at alternatives to reduce carbon footprint, while meeting extra demands for resources. You question how can I do more with less? You decide to take the step before your competition does ... you decide to contact one of our AlexFox business consultant today... |
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