Lower Costs and Transform Operations with FDCCI
Most IT organizations spend upwards of 70 percent of their annual budgets on existing projects and maintenance. Freeing up dollars for mission-critical projects demands a new way of thinking about how limited resources are used.
Initiatives in data center consolidation offer government agencies the chance to rethink and transform their governance plans and IT architectures from the ground up. Data center consolidation success factors identified by the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative (FDCCI) Task Force include the ability to:
- Consolidate and retire applications
- Optimize applications and data
- Evaluate data archiving and storage alternatives
- Maximize the value of big data
- Leverage cloud services
In order to meet these FDCCI goals, agencies need innovative technology to implement a data center consolidation strategy with lean principles in mind. This creates sustainable business processes that drive cost-effective IT operations and streamline the delivery of mission-critical services.
The Informatica Solution for Federal Data Center Consolidation
The Informatica solution for federal data center consolidation assists organizations by putting in place the processes, standards, technology, and resources to maximize IT operational efficiencies for FDCCI. Based on a lean integration methodology, the solution gives IT organizations tools to improve the management of data and applications within the agency.
With this solution, federal agencies can:
- Retire legacy applications and identify inactive data, archive production sources, maintain data access, and ensure compliance with data retention policies in support of FDCCI
- Consolidate applications and data to maximize performance and value
- Optimize system performance using advanced tools in mapping and migration
- Establish a lean portfolio of sustainable management practices
- Increase productivity by leveraging public, private, and hybrid cloud computing models for FDCCI
Key Capabilities of the Informatica Solution for Federal Government Data Center Consolidation
The Informatica solution for federal data center consolidation gives government agencies a clear and comprehensive view of how their current data and applications support existing operations. The solution helps to minimize operational complexity and cost by identifying and optimizing redundant applications and data and removing redundant hardware capacity. This enables organizations to invest in modernization, innovation, and other mission-critical activities.
Unlike other offerings that focus on traditional “brick and mortar” consolidation, this solution focuses on the applications, data, and supporting platforms, allowing substantial reductions in operations and maintenance budgets.
Based on a single, comprehensive platform, the Informatica solution for federal data center consolidation features the following capabilities: