Everything becomes service even infrastructure ...!

Fujitsu Siemens Computers introduces the concept of IAAS -Infrastructure as a Service. Priority is given to the choice of infrastructure model. Recession. Need to reduce
costs. But how, when, as recalled by Gartner, 80% of the budget is allocated to maintain the activity? Cut the 20%?

Tempting. The irony is that by reducing investment, the ability to streamline and control existing infrastructure and operating costs decrease. However, as seen in
recent economic crisis, companies that emerge are precisely those who continue to innovate ...

All analysts agree: the organizations obsessed by costs do not contribute to growth, the IT manager has to struggle to prove its value and thus to defend his budget ... Innovate,
yes but how, when, at the same time, you are asked to do more with less?
Outsource? It is a way. However, doubt remains. Many companies have been disappointed.

Moreover, the fear of losing control remains.

"The computer becomes more and more complex and at the same time, more and more intimately linked with the business of the company, observes Olivier Delachapelle, Marketing Director Benelux Region at Fujitsu Siemens Computers.
Hard to get rid of it. Which does not means one is looking to manage itself ...
Our ambition is to help companies determine the pattern of benefits and the degree of complexity of the infrastructure that will suit them. "

In fact, each organization has its way to perceive, build and use IT.
For some enterprises, the IT is a standard service for part of its activity; for others, it is an essential assets.

"By clarifying the role of IT in their organization, companies must be able to redefine the level of involvement of their strategic partners. This is true at all levels, including for infrastructure, which can now be delivered as a service. "

Fujitsu Siemens Computers speaks of IAAS -nfrastructure as a Service. The idea? Being able to choose amongst
different models of infrastructure the most appropriate, depending on needs and requirements ... Via Dynamic Infrastructure, each model is composed of Infrastructure
products and services, bundled solutions, infrastructure management. From there, new forms of optimization. Thus it is possible to use its resources for its specific needs and objectives, in function of its own expertise.

An evolution meaning flexibility, the aim is always to pay only the capacity actually used. Depending on requirements, companies must be able to request for more or less capacity ... what is changing, of course, is how to provide, purchase and manage IT resources!

"Our customers are able to use their resources in a more flexible way; they also want to capitalize on already made investments.
From there, our offer. Through Dynamic Infrastructure, the companies benefit from our expertise and our experience with our products and services.
More important, they can decide themselves to what level they wish to involve their strategic partners in their IT infrastructure. In short, choose the model of service and the complexity of the infrastructure that will suit them. "
This flexibility is all the more necessary that large companies have initiated these last months, a consolidation phase of their service contracts, preferring  concentrate on a smaller number of suppliers able to offer a more wide range of services, claim different analysts. Shortly, reduce to control better. Also reduce to require more from a closer relationship. For most companies, this would be the best way to maximize the value and performance of their IT.

Another phenomenon that will only increase in coming months, is merge and acquire.This automatically means “urgent” integration scenarios.

"In these circumstances, the ability to quickly implement solutions in complex corporate environments will be mostly valuable. For Olivier Delachapelle, the trend is clearly in time.

"We already offered services models based on our products and services, as well as models of higher levels with packaged solutions and, increasingly, managed infrastructure including managed services dedicated to office, the data center and, increasingly, storage. In this context, IAAS marks a new step, a step further ... "

To illustrate this trend, the offer Workplace as-a-Service. In this model, launched here recently by Fujitsu Siemens Computers, computers are virtual machines that can operate
anywhere where a hosting service is available. It is no longer necessary to invest in client infrastructure, you only pay for the used capacity – which allows to add very quickly a new workspace, according to the terms of service guarantee. As a result, invoicing of “used” services. "From the customer's point of view, the potential for infrastructure is unlimited: he can very quickly get a new service or a new level of service.

Some will see this as a principle which prevailed at the time of the mainframes of the 1960s. This would ignore the technological developments, especially virtualization. And, more important, the enormous catalog of services related to SaaS (Software as a service), the PaaS (Platform as a Service) and IaaS of course.

On a philosophical level, it is to get rid of a mentality that still drives to do a maximum by oneself. Most IT organizations are driven to do things internally, they are culturally tied to the idea that they can do it "quicker, better and cheaper”. Today, we can demonstrate that it is not necessarily true: subscribe to a service takes much less time than developing the same service!