Cloud aggregation from Computacenter

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1 Cloud aggregation from Computacenter

2 IT S FAST. IT S FLEXIBLE. IT S FLUID. IT S THE FUTURE. The promise of greater agility, efficiency and cost control has cemented cloud computing in the corporate IT landscape. CUTTING THROUGH THE FLUFF The cloud has generated an amazing amount of noise and despite its ascendance from industry buzzword to enterprise solution; the cloud is still surrounded by ambiguity. As the market continues to evolve, those looking at cloud realise that important decisions need to be made. With so many routes to the cloud, it can be difficult to know where to start. Public? Private? On-premise? Off-premise? Hybrid? Take the wrong turn, and your organisation could face increased risk and cost. As your cloud aggregator we will help you create a best-fit, best-value strategy for cloud computing and find the solutions to bring greater agility, flexibility and cost efficiency to the decision-making process. TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION FOR WHAT IS BEST FOR YOU AND YOUR BUSINESS, YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND OUTCOMES. 03

3 GETTING READY FOR Becoming cloud-ready and virtualising infrastructure; ensuring that systems are prepared for the cloud, is a major focus for most organisations. The first step towards cloud enablement is to develop a deep understanding of your existing infrastructure and IT capabilities. How do these fit with the current demands of your business? And how must your IT evolve to deliver to future priorities and therefore become a key enabler of competitive advantage? Through our Cloud Maturity Assessment, we can help you gain clarity and show you the steps required to make the transition to your organisation s target position. We can then work with you to consolidate and optimise your existing IT infrastructure. Through the strategic implementation of initiatives such as automation, virtualisation, utility computing, enterprise computing, integrated infrastructure and information optimisation, we can help you to build your dynamic datacenter capability. We then place this at the centre of your business to define a state of cloud readiness; where your IT infrastructure is provisioned and optimised to deliver new operational models and achieve business transformation through cloud computing. THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS READINESS IS TO DEVELOP A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF YOUR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND IT CAPABILITIES

4 INFORMED CHOICE WE CAN BE YOUR AGGREGATOR We provide a single interface into Computacenter s cloud offerings and integrated public cloud services via the C3 Cloud Connect Portal delivering organisations with consolidated billing and reporting for their cloud services. Regardless of where you are on the cloud journey, we will listen before we recommend. We have three clear choices for cloud adoption which cover everything from bespoke to off-the-shelf solutions and third party services. These can be implemented quickly to deliver the agility your business needs. THE BUILDER: We help customers assemble their own private cloud environments, which can be hosted, off-premise or a hybrid of the two. Using automated tools and industrialised processes, Computacenter accelerates the time to value. THE PROVIDER: We have developed a suite of pragmatic cloud services that encompass common workloads, such as infrastructure resources. Access to Computacenter s cloud services direct from our Cloud Connect Portal and the C3 portfolio offers commercial and operational flexibility while safeguarding security and service levels. AGGREGATOR THE INTEGRATOR: As a Cloud Integrator we enable controlled access to third-party public cloud solutions via our C3 Cloud Connect Portal giving organisations control. Our Cloud Connect Portal integrates resources, automates provisioning and consolidates billing to provide a seamless cloud service to the business. BUILDER PROVIDER INTEGRATOR AS THE ROLE OF A AGGREGATOR, COMPUTACENTER OFFERS THREE CHOICES FOR. WE CAN BE YOUR BUILDER, YOUR PROVIDER AND YOUR INTEGRATOR

5 WITH YOU EVERY STEP OF THE WAY ADOPTION The cloud computing journey is constantly changing. As the market and model evolves, organisations will want to add new platforms and suppliers to their cloud map. DISCOVERY To navigate this fragmented landscape, organisations need end-to-end visibility and centralised control. Computacenter joins these delivery points together via our Cloud Aggregation model. As an aggregator, we not only work across the cloud portfolio but also traditional IT delivery models, such as managed services. Computacenter has been partnering customers to provide smart commercial consumption models for IT for more than three decades. The cloud is just a new way to consume IT with new challenges and new opportunities. Our maturity model and roadmap based approach will help you plot a course for the cloud that mitigates risk and maximises return. And we won t just help you get in. As an independent aggregator and advisor, Computacenter can get you out and across the cloud too. MATURITY ASSESMENT DYNAMIC DATACENTER Infrastructure C3Infrastructure is a private cloud environment that is delivered on or off-premise on a platform owned and managed by Computacenter. Based on virtualised components and optimised processes, C3Infrastructure delivers the scalability, security and reliability needed for enterprise IT workloads. C3Infrastructure delivers IT capacity for business services that can be provisioned in minutes. C3Infrastructure will also help address resource constraints in the datacenter. Software Licence Manager C3Software Licence Manager is a suite of services that can be delivered either as individual components or as a complete solution through Computacenter enabling customers to: Reduce software expenditure by up to 20% Minimise risk of software license compliance failures Manage software procurement and support contracts more effectively Respond instantly to vendor audit requests. CONSOLIDATION OPTIMISATION We can provision, secure, orchestrate and automate using Synergy, our unique infrastructure management tool, so you get the consistency and certainty you need

6 MOVING FORWARD WITH CONFIDENCE For absolute certainty, you can even test and experience the reality and benefits of your solution in our Customer Solution Centre. Customer Solution Centre Computacenter s Customer Solution Centre cuts through the fluff to enable organisations to explore the trends and technologies that are defining this new IT delivery model. Our Cloud Laboratories can help benchmark the costs of different cloud models, so they can be compared with existing expenditure. It also enables IT decisionmakers to evaluate the different infrastructure components available for developing private clouds, understand Computacenter s role in cloud computing and trial our Cloud Connect Portal. The centre enables organisations to make informed decisions about how, when and if they should adopt cloud. With unrivalled insight into the different options available, businesses will be able to identify and maximise the potential for making financial savings. Cloud Connect Portal Through our unique cloud connect portal, you can combine services from leading cloud providers. This self-service, platformagnostic portal for managing cloud services, aggregates control across our cloud services as well as controlling the consumption of public cloud resources and third-party services. This simplifies management and the cloud supply chain for a hybrid approach that offers scalability and low costs

7 Whatever approach you take to cloud, we can help. Our industry-leading SLAs ensure that you have the solution you need. We are the only provider to offer end-to-end service and support, and, looking ahead, our financial stability assures that we ll remain best placed to meet your specific needs and deliver your IT strategy. WITH COMPUTACENTER YOU GET MORE LESS FLUFF Computacenter (UK) Ltd Hatfield Avenue Hatfield Hertfordshire AL10 9TW United Kingdom T: +44 (0) F: +44 (0) e: w: computacenter.com/cloud Computacenter is a leading independent provider of IT infrastructure services and solutions. From desktop to datacenter, we help our customers minimise the cost and maximise the value of IT to their businesses. We can advise organisations on IT strategy, implement the most appropriate technology, optimise its performance, and manage elements of our customers infrastructure on their behalf. Computacenter operates in the UK, Germany, France and the Benelux countries, as well as providing transnational services across the globe. Computacenter 2012