Core Infrastructure Optimisation (IO) Assessment

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Yesterday we walked through a Core Infrastructure Optimisation (IO) assessment with the National IO lead for Microsoft.  The tool used was a third party independent assessment tool developed by Alinean  that includes independent research metrics and analysis by IDC, Gartner Consulting Research (GCR) and Wipro. We’ll be able to provide these walkthroughs for our customers in the coming weeks.

In only a few hours, a 150+ page report was produced. We didn’t spend much time tuning demographics and cost models. Instead we opted to stick with the default data from the industry research provided by IDC, Gartner and Wipro.

It is easy to drown in a 150+ page report. There is a real temptation to challenge the assumptions that were made to arrive at the very detailed results. The immediate value that we were able to derive from the exercise included:

·         An indication of where Data^#3 sits relative to industry average and industry leaders

·         Get visibility of the expected tangible and intangible outcomes of the Windows 7 Deployment Project, including some significant cost savings and elevated maturity

·         Identified key areas of weakness, so that effort and budget can be directed accordingly into other projects

For more information about CoreIO visit http://www.microsoftio.com/coreio.aspx