Dimension Data Launches Data Centre Maturity Tool

Dimension Data today launched a new maturity tool that helps organisations assess their capabilities and prioritise initiatives for building a next-generation data centre.  The Data Centre Development Model – the first assessment that covers such a broad spectrum of the data centre  – was created off the back of strong demand from clients seeking guidance and actionable plans to make their data centres more responsive and agile, the company said.

According to Steve Joubert, Group Executive for Data Centres at Dimension Data, global competitive pressures brought on by social, mobile, analytics and cloud have had a tremendous impact on data centres to transform to remain relevant.

Dimension Data’s Data Centre Development Model is ideal for organisations that need to understand the requirements of building a future-state data centre.  The Model scrutinises the 11 critical domains in the data centre (“as-is” state) and what their future needs are (“to-be” state). The output of the workshop-style engagement is a roadmap which provides practical implementation recommendations for the most valuable initiatives around their data centre.

Joubert said that Dimension Data has already helped a number of organisations using its Data Centre Development Model with excellent results.  “We helped one organisation build a virtual data centre, which delivered a 30% reduction in real estate through consolidation and data centre design. Another client saw new resources deliver services 75% faster to its end-users leveraging network extensions to cloud resources.”