Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Dimension Data is cloud service ready - Officials



Officials of Dimension Data Africa have reassured the readiness of the company to accelerate enterprise migration based on cloud adoption.

This was made known with the launch of its anticipated comprehensive cloud assessment programme aimed at aiding organisations in developing their cloud strategy while mitigating operational and deployment risk.

The chief executive officer, Dimension Data’s Cloud Solutions Business Unit, Mr. Steve Nola, gave this indications, saying that in order to support the expanding role cloud services are playing across enterprise information technology (IT), Dimension Data, an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) services and solutions provider, launched several new cloud readiness services designed to help organisations assess their ability and readiness for migrating applications to the cloud.

Dimension Data’s approach, he said, addresses readiness across four critical aspects of cloud computing: business alignment, organisation, infrastructure and applications.

He noted that with expertise in networking, virtualisation, security, data centres, application migration, Software as a Service (SaaS) and cloud technologies, Dimension Data’s team of consultants deliver a cloud roadmap to help organisations realise the benefits of cloud computing more immediately.

“The lack of a long-term cloud strategy can result in costly re-architecture and reintegration measures down the line,” he said, stressing that Dimension Data brings a rich heritage in building multifaceted enterprise IT and hybrid cloud solutions, enabling organisations to build a cloud roadmap that preserves business agility and operational efficiencies even as their business needs evolve.

Equally speaking, Head, Consulting and Professional Services at Dimension Data Global, Mr. Jeff Packard said, moving to the cloud is a complex process, but there are many aspects to consider such as security, application migration, internal readiness, billing, authentication, single sign-on, and integration with other applications.

‘Even the most sophisticated IT organisations find the process of migrating to the cloud challenging,” he said, noting that leveraging the expertise across traditional IT and cloud services, Dimension Data now offers its clients a suite of consulting services to help them prepare for their cloud journey.

Dimension Data’s cloud readiness service is comprised of four elements namely online cloud self-assessment, cloud readiness workshop, cloud readiness assessment and cloud total cost of ownership (TCO).

Remmy Nweke/DSBNews
 

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