The Business Situation
For many companies, IT has become a critical part in the delivery of value to their customers and internal users. As a result, IT infrastructure has grown rapidly. IT budgets have subsequently grown to support that infrastructure. IT operational budgets have skyrocketed to the point where reducing expenses has appeared on the top 5 "must do" lists for almost all CIOs, and their organizations. IT capital budgets, created for the development of new value added capabilities, have often been curtailed because of the high spend on operations and support. In some cases, capital spending is not approved because it may create more operational costs. The need to improve the value of the business is not declining and the added pressures of security, compliance, and support for an increasingly mobile or virtual workforce have put additional strain on the financial budgets of all companies.
The IT Challenge
Compounding the problem is the IT staff’s pressures to keep up with changes in business requirements. They are challenged with the loss of personnel, keeping special skilled workers on staff, and dealing with the pace of changing technology. Additionally, beyond the support of production environments, IT departments need to manage test and development infrastructure, plan for and support disaster recovery infrastructure, and support remote sites and mobile workforce users. Yesterday, keeping production available and performing to Service Level Agreements (SLAs) was the top requirement. Today, it is still the same, but the scope has grown significantly, and continues to evolve.
The dcVAST Solution
For over 20 years, dcVAST has been helping its customers support and manage their IT infrastructure. We have been focused on properly aligning the support contracts with internal SLAs, thereby helping to reduce IT support and operational costs.
In order to address growing demands, dcVAST is delivering Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS). We provide a fully managed and hosted infrastructure on which, you load your application and go to work. You pay on a monthly basis, as you realize the benefits. dcVAST offers you choices in all aspects of this service:
- Choice of the technology used in the infrastructure solution
- Choice of where this technology is located – your datacenter or ours
- Choice of how it will be managed – your personnel, dcVAST personnel, or a combination of both
- Choice of how it is acquired – purchase, lease to own, or just use it
We assess your technical and business needs, and create a customized solution for you. We will address the problems that you are facing:
- Improving Return on Assets
- Expanding Capital Budgets
- Growing Operational Budgets
- Financial Predictability
- Reducing IT overhead
- Shortening Time to market with products and services
- Rapid Deployment of Infrastructure for New Applications
- Maintaining Availability and Performance
- Security & Compliance
- Refreshing and Evolving your technology
- Retaining Critical Skills
- Staying Current with Technology
- Management of Test and Development Environments
- Management of Disaster Recovery Sites
- Management of Remote Users or Facilities
IaaS can solve the problems associated with IT’s expanded role in providing value to your customers. It all starts with an assessment of your need, and answering questions about the choices.