HP Facility-as-a-Service disrupts traditional data center sourcing model and is designed to save customers millions in upfront capital.
HP has announced HP Facility-as-a-Service (FaaS),(1) a data center sourcing alternative that allows customers to redirect the initial expense of construction into other areas of the organization or into operating expenses for the data center, while continuing to manage their own IT.
Cloud strategies, big data and other major influences on IT are driving the need to create data centers capable of matching today’s IT requirements. Organizations are choosing between modernizing and building new data centers or utilizing cloud or colocation facilities, or combinations of each. The capital cost of building their own data center often drives the strategy toward off-premises choices. Colocation models avoid the initial capital outlay by operating under a monthly payment model, but they limit flexibility and control.