Datalink’s New ‘Cloud Complete’ Shortens Path to ITaaS to Weeks
August 12 2014 - 10:30AM
Business Wire
Eliminates Months of Delays in ITaaS
Initiatives by Bundling Infrastructure & Services in a Single
Package
Datalink (Nasdaq: DTLK), a leading provider of data center
services and solutions, today announced an innovative package of
cloud technologies and services that dramatically reduces the time
required for IT teams to offer brokered services central to their
new role as IT-as-a-Service organizations. The new Datalink
Cloud Complete solution shrinks the ramp-up timeframe from months
to weeks by bundling converged infrastructure, service automation
and orchestration, a services catalog and multiple support services
into a single package culminating in the rollout of a self-service
IT portal enabling business users with no IT knowledge to request
IT services.
This one-stop approach eliminates lengthy planning processes, a
la carte purchases and associated delays that cause difficulty for
IT teams under pressure to meet business units’ demand for cloud
services. The resulting ITaaS delivery capabilities provide
immediate value, demonstrate IT’s ability to provide brokered
services, and act as a cornerstone on which to build additional
services to meet ITaaS needs.
A Cloud Complete engagement also sets the stage for valuable
add-on services including virtual desktop deployment, hybrid cloud
setup, and integration of the new services catalog with commercial
service portals already deployed by companies to handle other IT
service functions such as asset and incident management.
“Most IT teams take a piecemeal approach to transitioning to an
ITaaS model because they are so busy handling day-to-day issues.
They make one technology decision, go through an implementation
phase, and then start over with the next step. Meanwhile, business
units are outsourcing departmental and line-of-business functions
to public cloud providers because their own IT teams can’t deliver
what they need, and IT departments are continuing to lose control
over enterprise resources,” said Shawn O’Grady, Datalink Chief
Operating Officer. “Cloud Complete cuts months out of the initial
transition process by aggregating every building block required to
create a cloud delivery system and rolling it out in one
fast-tracked project.”
The consolidated offering has been assembled from Datalink’s
broad portfolio of individual data center solutions and services,
leveraging the company’s expertise in all the technologies and
services involved and eliminating the need for organizations to
source cloud technologies and services from different providers.
The Cloud Complete offering includes:
- Converged infrastructure with a
choice of platforms based on the customer’s IT environment.
- Service automation and
orchestration enabling automated provisioning of compute,
storage, network and operating system requests submitted through
the self-service portal.
- A starter cloud services catalog
pre-populated with core operating systems, databases and
applications.
- Support services, including
Datalink OneCall support for all vendors’ products in the selected
converged infrastructure.
- Technical services, including
design and installation of both the converged infrastructure and
the services catalog.
- Advanced services, including
configuration of the services catalog to meet the customer’s
specific needs.
Datalink can also provide additional services such as
monitoring, management and scheduled maintenance of the Cloud
Complete infrastructure.
For more information on Datalink’s Cloud Complete offering,
visit http://www.datalink.com/cloudcomplete
About DatalinkA complete data center solutions and
services provider for Fortune 500 and mid-tier enterprises,
Datalink transforms data centers so they become more efficient,
manageable and responsive to changing business needs. Datalink
helps leverage and protect storage, server, and network investments
with a focus on long-term value, offering a full lifecycle of
services, from consulting and design to implementation, management
and support. Datalink solutions span virtualization and
consolidation, data storage and protection, advanced network
infrastructures, business continuity, and cloud enablement. Each
delivers measurable performance gains and maximizes the business
value of IT. For more information, call 800.448.6314 or visit
www.datalink.com
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