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TTL Now helps IT deliver new services, increase productivity and reduce costs

 

 

Do these challenges sound familiar?

"Technology is changing so fast.  It seems like a moving target."

"There isn't enough time in the day to implement new technology."

"We are struggling to get a plan together for the future."

The Moving Target

The requirement for every business to be a digital business has put some strain on the typical IT team.  In addition to keeping things running, IT has to address needs for new services, add higher availability, and increase security all while reducing costs. At the same time, technology is changing more rapidly than ever making the decisions a moving target. Consider the rise of cloud in the modern IT environment. Terms like public, private, and hybrid are becoming commonplace. What is less commonplace is an understanding of when and why they make sense, a validation that these offerings will really save money or improve productivity, and the capabilities to design and implement a solution given the vast array of possibilities. If a decision is made to pursue one of these options, vendor evaluation and selection can be another time-consuming process for a staff already tasked with multiple priorities.

 

A Changing Landscape

Then there is the rise of anything-as-a-service. From Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) to Unified Communications-as-a-Service (UCaaS) to Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service (DRaaS) there are so many new offerings claiming to reduce costs, improve productivity, and enhance availability all at the same time. An organization needs to ask "Do any of these offerings make sense for the business?" "Do they really save money?" "Are they secure?" "Do we lose control of our data?" "Do we lose flexibility?" "Who are the leading providers?" "What is the their track record?" "Are others using it successfully?" to name a few. Formulating and evaluating these questions and the answers can be a lengthy process. Determining how to proceed and eventually implement one of these solutions takes even more time.

 

Planning is Tough

With a moving target and a litany of new offerings, it's no wonder IT projects in organizations may be over-budget and over the projected timeline. Even worse is the perception that the projects fail to deliver the results expected. This leaves the IT team in a tough spot explaining the cost overruns and dealing with a user base that may be underwhelmed by the deployment. IT becomes the bad guy for disrupting the business instead of increasing productivity and reducing costs. Assuming the project finishes on-time and on-budget, there is the matter of supporting the new environment.  Often the evaluation includes the product element but ensuring properly skilled team members and a process to support the new deployment can get lost in the shuffle of vendor evaluation and deployment.  This can result in features slowly being removed due to lack of support or even cause the project to be abandoned altogether and become the dreaded "shelfware".

How can we help you?

Requirements. Review. Recommendations. Roadmap.

Designing a solution to address the requirements.

Making the plan a reality through practical integration.

The Starting Point

We understand the challenges of managing an always-on, always-available environment with evolving requirements. We can sympathize with feeling like you can't take a day off or put the phone down for 10 minutes while you wait for the next problem to pop up. Or maybe you spend your free time wondering if you will have to deal with a security issue and what impact it will have. Maybe you are asking questions like "Will my DR plan work?"  or "Do I even have a DR plan?". Perhaps the concern is about whether or not you are delivering value to the business in general. Modern IT management can be stressful to say the least.

At TTL, we are focused on reducing the stress associated with managing the IT infrastructure.  The first step in accomplishing this begins with evaluating the requirements for IT in the context of the business.  From a comprehensive review to a single project, TTL can assist with assessment services that provide the foundation for infrastructure transformation.

Charting a Course

With the requirements outlined, the next step involves creating a plan to get from where you are to where you want to be.  The planning phase involves efforts to include network design, project services, WAN refresh planning, cloud transition planning, and data center moves to name a few.  The planning phase is about comparing the requirements to the environment and defining the next steps to accomplish the objective.  For organizations with a clear vision of their path forward, this step can be completed apart from the assessment process. 

The Finish Line

Determining the requirements and producing a plan are only the beginning.  The real challenge is execution.  TTL can you move from concept to reality with cloud and network services, on-premises hardware and software, data center solutions, professional services and technical support.  In addition to delivering the infrastructure, TTL can help develop the process and the people to sustain it.

There is no one-size-fits-all solution to all environments.  In some cases, a combination of on-premises and cloud solutions may deliver compute and storage needs while the latest SD-WAN solution addresses connectivity requirements.  In other environments, a private cloud deployment may be required to address compliance needs.  In yet another, a cloud solution with a single public cloud vendor with Internet-only connectivity may meet the need. No matter the requirement, we will custom tailor a solution for your needs.

Contact us today so we can help you deploy new services, increase productivity and reduce costs in your IT infrastructure.