Utility Computing
For most organisations, infrastructure management is a challenge. Decentralised systems and numerous discrete servers make it easy to test application coexistence – but not to reduce the operational costs of:
- Hardware
- Data centre space
- Power and cooling.
The drive for competitive advantage is a strong commercial influence, especially in Web services, where hours can mean lost market share. That puts added pressure on your internal IT team to deliver services, applications and supporting infrastructure in ever-shorter timeframes.
As a managed services provider, Xerox can help you create and operate a utility infrastructure, whether hosted or located in your own data centre.
Whether you’re looking to shift expenditure from capital to operational or simply reduce overall spend, we can help you:
- Better align cost with actual usage
- Reduce waste
- Optimise ROI.
We offer these utility computing options:
- Pay as you grow: We’ll implement an agreed infrastructure stack that gives you flexible capacity; you only pay for what you use, as you need it
- Phased deployment: We take the time to understand your planned growth strategy and deploy sufficient infrastructure to meet your needs against a pre-agreed charging model; costs are predictable and known well in advance
- Transaction charging: We identify a per-transaction charge, based on volume of inbound calls to sales/customer service teams or number of shopping transactions on a retail site
Key Benefits
- Free up capital expenditure
- Enable rapid deployment of applications and services through immediate availability of underlying infrastructure
- Pay for what you use as you need it
- Understand and align your costs with the success of your business
Want to know more about Utility Computing? One of our technical specialists can give you a call. Simply complete the Contact Request Form beneath "Contact Us" to the right and we’ll be in touch.