Data Center Strategies Overview
IT decisions about how and where to host applications and what to set as a departmental chargeback should be influenced by the costs associated with delivering the service. Unfortunately, many IT organizations are hamstrung by a lack of detailed knowledge about costs associated with existing applications and hosting practices. Without that knowledge, IT organizations are left to make economic decisions based on gut instinct rather than solid data. In this overview, Burton Group Senior Analyst Nik Simpson examines the need for a greater understanding of data center economics and discusses approaches organizations can use to quantify their IT costs.