Support IT Consolidation and Optimize Applications to Lower Costs and Improve Performance
Consolidating physical data centers is often considered a “quick win,” providing tangible cost savings that can be reinvested in future projects. Yet IT consolidation alone often won't generate sufficient savings due to ongoing hardware and software renewal and maintenance costs.
IT consolidation initiatives offer agencies the opportunity to rethink and transform their governance plans and IT architectures from the ground up. Key IT consolidation success factors identified by state and local authorities, (such as NASCIO) 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
Agencies must develop an IT consolidation strategy with lean principles in mind. Doing so can create sustainable business processes that power cost-effective IT operations and ultimately improve mission-critical service delivery.
The Informatica Solution for State and Local Government IT Consolidation
Based on a lean integration methodology, the Informatica solution for state and local government IT consolidation assists organizations by putting in place the processes, standards, technology, and resources to maximize IT operational efficiencies. Informatica provides organizations with the tools required to continuously improve the management of data and applications.
Using this solution, state and local agencies can:
- Retire legacy applications and identify inactive data, archive production sources, maintain data access, and ensure compliance with data retention policies
- Consolidate data and applications to maximize value and performance
- Streamline system performance using advanced tools in mapping and migration
Key Capabilities of the Informatica Solution for State and Local Government IT Consolidation
The Informatica solution for state and local government IT consolidation provides government agencies with a clear, comprehensive view of how their current applications and data support existing operations. By identifying and optimizing redundant applications and data and removing unnecessary hardware capacity, the solution reduces operational complexity and cost. This allows agencies to invest in modernization, innovation, and other mission-critical activities.
Unlike other solutions that focus on traditional “brick and mortar” consolidation, this solution focuses on the data, applications, and supporting platforms, enabling meaningful budget reductions to be made in maintenance and operations.
The Informatica solution for state and local government IT consolidation is based on a single, comprehensive platform and features the following capabilities: