Data Center Economics

The participants in the Wipro and Outsourcing Center survey were about evenly split on their adoption of alternative
models for data center management, although slightly fewer (46.9%) said they have not yet adopted these models to
manage their data centers.
Notes Rajan, the biggest challenge for organizations today doing any data center consolidation change models is to
actually determine how the measures will improve their operations and still provide an acceptable return-on-investment.
“But since organizations don’t really know what their data center costs are, they have to make a lot of assumptions,” says
Rajan. “And since they don’t know their costs, they find it extremely difficult to justify ROI.”
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A majority of participants in the Wipro and Outsourcing Center survey cited lack of measurable ROI as a challenge they
face in moving to alternative data management models. However, since organizations don’t know their costs, they can’t
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