Similar to vintage car enthusiasts, Data Center managers are continuously spending to maintain and restore legacy products. Vintage cars are cool, and while spending to maintain them is pricy, age tends to increase their value. When it comes to your data center, this is not the case. These aged products often lack in performance and functionality, making it is difficult to justify ongoing investments. Spending to keep vintage tools and technology in the Data Center just doesn't make cents!
Outdated products that have either not evolved with technological trends or do not support modern business requirements (such as Service-Oriented Architecture and Real-time Infrastructure) not only impair IT Operations responsiveness, but they also compromise investments into to new applications and business initiatives that help create a competitive advantage. If your data center tools are suffering from old age and reduced effectiveness, it may be time to consider a modernization project.
Leading industry analysts define IT Modernization as, “Specific best practices and strategies for moving toward a more modern application and infrastructure environment,” and while we agree with this, we’d like to add to it. At ORSYP, we believe that IT Modernization is the opportunity to reduce costs, standardize skills, maintain quality service, and reduce risks.
Keeping vintage technology in your data center is not nearly as cool as keeping a vintage car in your garage. Stay tuned for our Modernization series, we’ll cover the things to consider, best practices and benefits you can achieve by undertaking this project in your data center.
Customer Case Study, Part 2: Modernizing Job Scheduling, IT Infrastructure and Workflow
The Solution
John Goodfellow is the Senior Manager of Systems & Operations at Ocean Spray who spearheaded this modernization initiative. In Phase 1 of this project, after evaluating several products, Ocean Spray selected ORSYP Dollar Universe to replace its existing legacy solution. Key attributes of the product which influenced this decision include:
According to Goodfellow, "no one looked at Job Scheduling as a platform for automation". With much of Goodfellow's staff tied to consoles, he evaluated any core infrastructure product and business process to identify process improvement and automation opportunities. In Phase 2 of this project, the company discovered that ORSYP Dollar Universe is more than just a job scheduler; it is also a platform to deliver end-to-end automation. Goodfellow and his team were able to improve the following key processes within only one month:
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