IT Infrastructure Project Management
- Project management methodologies
- Infrastructure and Data Center design and implementation
- Vendor coordination and management
- M&E requirements definition
- Deliverable management
- Project documentation
- Site office management
- Budgeting and cost control
- In-house skills in Networking, Unix, Desktop, Market Data and Telecoms
Office Relocation
CinciComp provides costing, planning, and coordination for technology and people relocations, and restacks existing buildings. These relocations and restack projects have varied in size from several 10’s users to over 250 users. Project deliverables have included complete documentation of pre-and post-migration desktop, server, and market data systems including topologies and system designs, dependency analyses, budget and cost tracking, migration scheduling, lead-time analyses, procurement procedures, risk management, and implementation management, and user acceptance testing.
Data Center Builds / Relocations
CinciComp Data Center Services covers the full spectrum of data center services from site selection, to design, buildout, and commissioning including:
Due Diligence
- Critical IT Systems Requirements Definition – following clients’ global minimum requirements
- Assessment of existing/future IT Infrastructure
- Risk Assessment – using defined Risk Criteria our Risk Assessment identifies and ranks risks under a number of categories culminating in a measured level of risk associated with a proposed data center location. Topics covered under this Risk Assessment include:
- Natural Risk
- Man-made Risk
- Facility/Utility Risk
- Physical Security Risk
- Oversight of Environmental Assessment/Study (using our specialist partners)
- Financial Due Diligence – detailed financial analysis of shortlisted data center sites.
Design IT Services
- Technology specification, recommendations, and product review.
- Production of an IT Infrastructure project plan including installation schedules.
- Design of major data center components including MDF and IDF rooms, patch frame, cable pathways (high and low level) equipment rack layouts, and provisions for telecommunications and carriers.
- Coordination of all IT discipline requirements for procurement and installation of core IT infrastructure.
- Detailed renderings for data center layout, cabling reticulation on all floors and in all IT rooms including rack elevations.
- Production of RFP documentation.
- Vendor negotiation and bid analysis with recommendations.
- Liaison with internal/overseas engineering team for approval of the final design
Build-out
- Coordination of all equipment installations with power, construction, and other contractors.
- Production, monitoring, and reporting of installation programs.
- Day-to-day monitoring of work in progress.
- Cost tracking and change management.
- Attendance of all IT and site construction meetings.
Relocation and Commissioning
- Coordination of relocation and commissioning of equipment from legacy/existing data centers into new data centers.
Migrations and Technology Renewal
Deploying a clear Migration and Technology Renewal strategy will enable your business to make technology decisions based on cost, your return on investment, and the impact on your business. Often current systems can be migrated within the same product line where systems will be upgraded with hardware and/or software to meet your current and long-term business needs. In cases where your existing technology is unable to meet the current or long-term needs of your organization, a new technology migration strategy will need to be developed. When moving to a new technology platform the impact on your business can be significant. You will need to understand the differences and how to communicate these differences to your user community and/or customers.
There are many factors that need to be considered when implementing a new migration strategy and CinciComp can provide you with the answers. A clear strategy will save you money, time, and possibly customers.
Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Strategy
The effect of a major disaster on your business can be tremendous, and in cases where adequate safety nets have not been put in place, the result can be financial loss or regulatory or legal complications. In today’s business environment a Business Continuity Plan and Disaster Recovery strategy that can protect your business against minor or local IT, building or company-wide outages, or large natural disasters needs to be in place. Our IT consultants can work with you to:
- Establish a broad BCP/DR policy
- Obtain stakeholders’ signoff and budget approval
- Implement a Business Impact Analysis (BIA) process
- Develop a site-specific BCP/DR IT strategy
- Organize and resource the BCP/DR project
- Initiate fieldwork and deliver a solution
- Test and train end-users