Long Term ICT Planning

While most organisations already have standards and processes in place to manage parts of the technology lifecycle, they often lack the joined-up processes necessary to manage an IT asset from cradle to grave. By contrast, the holistic approach used by 2e2 has three defined elements – Procurement Planning, Simplified Operations and Proactive Asset Retirement which integrate to provide an end-to-end management strategy.

This enables organisations to benefit by:

• Coordinating proactive retirement decisions with the sourcing of replacement equipment
• Maximising the value of retired assets
• Minimising the cost and administrative burden of the retirement process
• Maximising the performance of the remaining infrastructure
• Delivering a greener IT strategy based on increased efficiency and reduced power and cooling requirements

Procurement Planning

Sourcing technology effectively is about more than just getting the best price. It is about examining purchasing habits to see if procurement can be undertaken in a more effective and efficient way. Reviewing all the potential technology alternatives and creating a positive commercial environment to your advantage. 2e2's strong vendor relationships and over 25 years of procurement experience means that it can help clients determine the best way to purchase.

By centralising the purchasing process the business has the strongest possible negotiating position with each vendor, benefits include

• Improve purchasing performance
• Greater focus on business value
• Enhanced control and governance

Simplified Operations

2e2’s Simplified Operations is a set of complementary services, delivered by experts, that provide:

• Greater control in supporting your hardware, operating systems and applications
• Faster resolution of problems through a single point of contact
• Lower management overheads
• Lower contract costs through consolidation
• Better use of internal IT resources to focus on core business

Three services which together provide complete management of your support and contract needs.

Proactive Asset Retirement

Organisations constantly demand better value from their IT investments and try to balance improved efficiency with cost reduction. At the same time IT departments are faced with overcrowded data centres and the pressure to create a green IT strategy, whilst ensuring full compliance with the WEEE and the Data Protection Act.

To meet these challenges, businesses are increasingly starting to take a lifecycle approach to managing their IT assets. The key to effective technology lifecycle management is to first discover what devices are on the company’s network. Creating an asset register by consolidating this information in one place can give businesses the top-level view they need in order to begin the lifecycle management process.

Instituting a process of PAR delivers a series of benefits including:

• Reduced costs
• Increased efficiency
• Enhanced compliance
• Reduced heat/power consumption

2e2’s expertise in Proactive Asset Retirement will assist in the following areas

• Asset Redeployment & Management – managing the removal and disposal of your infrastructure whilst maintaining an audit trail and control of your asset register
• Risk Management – fully compliant disposal of data and IT hardware is destroyed on all decommissioned equipment
• Cost Management – maximising the effectiveness of your IT budget