Research and Markets: Renovate the Data Center

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b84195/renovate_the_data) has announced the addition of Info-Tech Research Group's new report "Renovate the Data Center" to their offering.

This Info-Tech Research Group product combines actionable insight and relevant advice. Our practical approach is designed to have a clear and measurable impact on your organizations bottom line.

Renovation projects are more complex than first thought.

Your Challenge

• 33% of enterprises will be undertaking facility upgrades or refreshes in 2010 aimed at extending the life of their existing data centers.
• Every upgrade or refresh targeting specific components in the facility to address short-term pain will have significant impact on the data center environment as a whole. Planning upfront and establishing a clear project scope will minimize expensive changes in later years.
• This solution set will provide you with step-by-step design, planning, and selection tools to define a Data Center renovation plan to reduce cost and risk while supporting cost-effective long-term growth for power, cooling, standby power, and fire protection renovations.

Our Advice

Critical Insight

• 88% of organizations cited they would spend more time and effort on documenting and identifying facility requirements for initial project scoping. Organizations can prevent scope creep by conducting the necessary project planning up front and identify requirements and the effect that the renovation project will have in all areas of the data center facility.
• Data Center facilities renovations must include the specific requirements related to power provisioning, stand-by power, cooling, and fire protection - not just the immediate short-term pain.
• 39% of organizations cited they would put more emphasis on monitoring contractor management and performance to improve the outcome of the data center renovation project.

Impact and Result

• Early internal efforts to create a budget and facility requirements yields better cost and project outcomes when construction begins. Each data center renovation project is unique and should have its own detailed budget.
• Upfront planning and detailed project scoping can prevent a cascading impact on data center renovation projects to other areas of the data center that can increase project size, scope and spend.
• Contractor selection is one of the most important first steps in a complex data center renovation. Organizations must ensure the contractor selected has experience specifically in data center renovation.

Key Topics Covered:

• Storyboard: Renovate the Data Center (Poweroint)
• Data Center Facility Requirements Estimations At-a-Glance (pdf)
• Data Center Annual Review Checklist (Word)
• Data Center Power Requirements Calculator (Excel)
• Data Center Cooling Requirements Calculator (Excel)
• Data Center Standby Power Supply Requirements Calculator (Excel)
• Fire Protection & Suppression Engineer Selection Criteria Checklist (Word)
• Fire Protection: Only YOU Can Prevent Data Center Fires (pdf)
• Data Center Renovation Project Charter (Word)
• Data Center Renovation Project Planning & Monitoring Tool (Excel)
• Data Center Renovation Budget Tool (Excel)
• Data Center Requirements Planning: Seek Expertise to Ensure Success (pdf)
• Data Center Renovation Contractor Scripted Interview (Word)
• Data Center Renovation Contractor Scripted Interview Scorecard (Excel)
• Data Center Renovation Contractor Reference Checklist (Word)

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