The Future of the Data Centre
On the 8th and 9th June Capgemini was delighted to sponsor The Future of the Data Centre, organised by Information Age and held at the Novotel, Euston. This invitation only event was aimed CIO level decision makers across all sectors.
9 June 2005
Our stand at the event provided attendees with information about our world class data centre capabilities and our vision of the data centre of the future - The Virtual Enterprise. In the lecture theatre, Una Du-Noyer from Capgemini presented our thinking on the subject of Billing, Pricing and Business models.
The presentation focused on 3 main points:
- Innovation is bringing a fundamental change to how organisations manage and pay for data centre services. By implementing what’s available today while being aware of what’s available tomorrow, CIOs can make a big difference to their business.
- Adopting an IT service business model is one of the keys to a successful on demand infrastructure
- Although components of the data centre can be paid for ‘on-demand’ today, there are significant decisions to be made in evaluating what is possible, the role of vendors, and the scope for outsourcing.
The event attracted over 250 visitors.
During the event Capgemini arranged for a ‘Pulse Survey to be carried out. These
surveys provide a snapshot view of the participants and are a good indicator of
peoples opinion on key specific points.
Pulse Survey Results
93% of respondents agree that innovation is changing how organisations manage and pay for their data
centres
This is a unanimous belief that technology will drive changes in the business
model, initiatives in the management of service levels and methods of paying for
data centre services
70% of respondents think that capabilities of utility computing are exaggerated
by IT suppliers
... and the remaining 30% who do not think that capabilities are exaggerated
are likely to be early adoptors who believe in the benefit potential. For the
majority of data centres the immaturity in areas such as software licensing is
an inhibitor to take-up.
Compliance to new legislation is a major organisational issue for 80% of respondents
The fact that 20% do not consider it to be key is likely to reflect the varying
degrees of impact, depending on the type of organisations and market sector.
67% say sharing resources with other organisations within a utility environment
will be a barrier to adoption
It is likely that fears around security are one of the main issues here. The
third of people do not consider this to be an obsticle, may be recognising the
scale of benefits, and expect this will drive a mindset change in their business.
73% of respondents say that Outsourcing will be an enabler to implementing utility computing services
Outsourcing is now a mature business model. Because outsourcers are investing
in new technologies, they use economies of scale to give benefit across their
client base, offsetting the risk. 27% disagree - a reflection that there will
always be people for whom outsourcing is not the right strategy.
93% believe that a flexible, resilient IT infrastructure will enable
competitive advantage. This is a clear endorsement that an IT infrastructure
that dynamically responds to increasing and decreasing needs will enable faster
time to market for products and services.
