A relocation is moving physically  your existing data center equipment to a new location—either to a different room within the current building or a new physical address.

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DCR’s, (Data Center Relocation) by definition, are complex and expensive projects. And yet, they are amenable to significant cost savings when planned and executed well.

TIM  will prepare the planning for DCR. Planning is the set of inter-connected activities that a technically and operationally competent I.T. organization undertakes to prepare for a DCR. It begins with a detailed review and analysis of the initial business case(s) that describe the rationale and financial justifications for the project, along with a check on the validity of other out comes that will be expected. This is the time when key team members are selected, when the basic structure and scope of the project are outlined, and when the first of many RFPs are prepared. DCR planning also focuses on establishing first-pass assessments and high-level inventories of the systems and infrastructures that will be affected by the move or consolidation. Required technical and business resources, equipment and application inventories, key business processes, origin and target facilities, and external factors are all surveyed, assessed, and documented at a high level.

What TIM will do :

• Planning
  The key to a successful DCR is planning – DCR’s are not planned in quite the same ways that other large I.T. projects are. That’s because a DCR project has three notable characteristics:scale, complexity, and risk.
• Scale
  The scale of a major data center relocation or significant consolidation is encompassing, touching virtually every part of the organization. Analogous to performing open-heart surgery while the patient is running a marathon, a DCR is usually more complex, time consuming, and costly than virtually anything else a corporation’s I.T. group will do.
• Complexity
  The DCR will impact virtually every aspect of the business. It will affect almost every type of system and infrastructure within and touching the organization. It will involve, at some time or another, just about every technical staff member in the I.T. group. It may also involve and frustrate business unit managers, end users, and customers alike if it isn’t planned and executed well.
• Risk
  The risks presented by a data center move or consolidation are also significant. Mishandled, a DCR can seriously disrupt current business operations and bring about regulatory and legal action. In worst-cases, the business can experience significant and prolonged operational failure