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The
organization, however, --and especially The IT
Organization-- is not staffed to support this major
activity in addition to their day-to-day
responsibilities, nor are the specific skills and tools
necessary for this type of technology event typically in
place. In addition, there are a number of
considerations specific to relocation that need to be
properly addressed minimize the cost and risk of the
event, as well as to maximize the added value that can
be achieved during the relocation process.
Why should
you trust your company's Technology Relocation to
NewVista Advisors?
NewVista Advisors has spearheaded
the relocation of some of the most notable companies in
the US. This experience will make your relocation a
major success.
Some key
questions we can help you answer include:
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How do I maximize the infrastructure
Redundancies and Diversities to maximize the
environments availability and to minimize the
risk?
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What
sort of Power and cooling infrastructure do I need to
install to ensure systems availability? How long
should the systems be kept running on backup power?
How do I ensure that all power and cooling systems
provide sufficient diversity and redundancy? How
does an eventual migration to higher density Blade
servers impact the power and heat density within the
datacenter?
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Should
I consider migrating my telephone systems to Voice over
IP technology. What are the driving benefits, the
risks of migrating or not migrating, the impact on the
move? How do I mitigate the risks and provide the
internal knowledge necessary migrate successfully?
What are the organizational implications of such a
migration? Will the Voice and data co-exist on the
same network?
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How
will the deployment of new network technology impact the
types of traffic flowing across the networks and the
tools your company needs to provide to manage it
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Do
changes to the internal technical infrastructure drive
changes to the tools that are currently installed to
manage the current infrastructure?
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What
changes should be considered in architecting a new Wide
Area Network to service the new facility? How do
you manage current network connectivity contracts in
place?
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How do
you swing the Wide Area Networks from the current
facility to the new facility?
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How
will the migration to the new facility and a new
technical environment impact my Disaster Recovery Plans?
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Are
there opportunities for consolidation or transformation
(standardization) that can be / should be leveraged
during the migration?
Through a
full suite of services NewVista Advisors will
address your relocation from a number of important
perspectives:
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Build the Project Plan
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Develop and Manage the Budget
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Develop the Requirements and Specifications including
datacenter and IDF closet facilities, power and cooling,
fire suppression, cable distribution (risers and
horizontal), LAN and WAN networking, telephone systems,
servers, storage, consoles, and specialty Labs.
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Manage
the RFP processes for the various major procurements
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Identify and Manage Risks including development of
mitigation plans to address them
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Coordinate The Team
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Architects, Engineers, Trades, Tech Groups, Vendors,
Business, etc.
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Manage
The Construction and Implementation of the datacenter
itself
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Data Center Room, Internal Communications
Infrastructure (Risers, Horizontal Cabling, LAN),
Power and Cooling Infrastructure, Network
Provisioning, Voice, Video Conferencing, Desktop
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Interface With / Coordinate With The Business
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Migrate / Relocate the systems and applications
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Migrate System and Application Data
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Manage
The User Moves
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