Five steps to successful data centre consolidation

The floor space occupied and the rising cost of heating and cooling vast expanses of server racks represent a significant amount of your IT budget. Can downsizing and consolidating data centres yield long-term savings sufficient enough to warrant the project?

There is no doubt. By right-sizing, you can often recoup the project costs in months, not years. Through careful planning and a commitment to continued maintenance, data centre consolidation provides the ability to achieve attainable, sustainable savings during a time when such opportunities are both necessary and rare.