Service

• Production of an IT Infrastructure project plan including installation schedules.
• Coordination of all IT discipline requirements for procurement and installation of core IT infrastructure.
• Design of major data center components including:

Patch frame

cable pathways

Equipment rack layouts

Provisions for telecommunications and carriers

Power infrastructure layout

MDF and IDF rooms

• Provision of detailed CAD representations for data center layout, cabling.

• Technology specification - recommendations and product review.
• reticulation on all floors and in all IT rooms including rack elevations.
• Vendor negotiation and bid analysis with recommendations.
• Production of RFP documentation.
• Liaison with internal /external teams.

• Coordination of all equipment installations with power, construction and other contractors.
• Production, monitoring and reporting of installation program.
• Day-to-day monitoring of work in progress.
• Cost tracking and change management.
• Attendance of all IT and site construction meetings.

• Coordination of relocation and commissioning of equipment from legacy/existing data centers into new data centers.
• Storage logistics management
• Future planning

• Production of a decommission project plan including detailed decanting schedules.
• Coordination of all IT discipline requirements for decommission of core IT infrastructure.
• Co-ordination of vendors and suppliers’ service delivery:

Physical enclosure dismantling

Equipment de-racking (re-allocation/disposal)

Cabinet reclaim & re-location

Disconnection of back-bone & inter connectivity patching – chasing and end-to-end removals

Removal/transfer of equipment from site including Floor Mounted Devices (FMDs), Power Units etc.

Ethical disposal equipment/material

• Audits & stock updates
• Storage logistics management
• Future Capacity Planning
• Project review and documentation