Technology Lifecycle Management – What We Offer
Your IT infrastructure may be the single most important production asset you have - in terms both of maintaining business continuity and delivering the kind of performance that will keep your organisation competitive in a digitally driven economy.
So, ensuring that it functions optimally is most likely the single most important priority of your working day.
However, the majority of IT infrastructure, including your own, is at risk from security vulnerabilities, configuration drift, end of life issues, licensing compliance and will remain so through upgrades and the addition of new technologies unless the infrastructure as a whole and its individual assets are properly understood.
Dimension Data recommends a Technology Lifecycle Management (TLM) approach that will help ensure your IT assets continue to support your business over their lifecycle. We’ve taken the learning from the IT assessments and infrastructure management services we’ve delivered over many years and built it back into a range of solutions and services that eliminate waste, risk, and uncertainty from your IT infrastructure management.
Read more about our TLM approach to networks and software.
Our Successes
Dimension Data’s solid track record in helping clients manage their IT infrastructure through a Technology Lifecycle Management approach includes engagements with clients in multiple industries and geographies:
• City of Seattle Department of IT, United States
Our Perspective
Read Dimension Data’s latest thought leadership on Technology Lifecycle Management:
The Network Barometer Report 2011 is a research report based on 270 network assessments and reviews the networks’ readiness to support business by evaluating the configuration variance from best practices, potential security vulnerabilities and end-of-life status of the included network devices.
Don’t let your organisation be held to ransom by its network. Ettienne Reinecke, Dimension Data’s Group CTO reviews the importance of a lifecycle approach to the network and IT infrastructure.
Eight simple steps to effective software asset management offers guidance on how to establish software asset management disciplines within your organisation
Understanding the software licensing implications around virtualisation considers the complexities of software assets in a virtualized environment