Rob Coenen is the vice president at InterOptic, a global independent provider of optics technology. InterOptic helps enterprise companies and government institutions meet increasing bandwidth, complexity, and interoperability demands in their modern IT networks. Coene can be contacted at rcoenen@interoptic.com.

Strategies for a Successful Data Center Consolidation

Are the costs of consolidating more than the costs of doing nothing?

Rob Coenen

September 24, 2019

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As IT budget pressures increase, more and more companies are considering data center consolidation as a way to cut costs. But before plunging headlong into a consolidation project, it’s important to have reasonable expectations for what the process entails.

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Mission Critical Magazine

2019 September/October

This issue of Mission Critical sheds light on the IT dilemma and explores other topics like IT and data center automation, powering mission critical facilities, the demands of the IoT, and more. Additionally, the IT-Colo Strategic Planner is included as a special edition with the September/October 2019 issue.

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Strategies for a Successful Data Center Consolidation

Mission Critical Magazine

2019 September/October