Data Center Services ? Maturity Grid for Buyers

1. Introduction: Data center services form an integral part of any enterprise strategy. Some enterprises would have best in class strategy whereas some may lag behind. However the catch is not many enterprises know exactly what their current position is and where do they aspire to be. 2. Summary: An enterprise buyer would be greatly served if they know their maturity level with regards to data center services and where they should be to be the best in class in their industry. This whitepaper aims to help an enterprise buyer know their maturity level with regards to their data center strategy. The maturity grid would portray the industry adoption levels of various best practices of data center strategy. This would be an assessment tool for an enterprise buyer to know where exactly their organization is in right now and where they have to go to be best in class. This white paper would also cover how an organization can move higher levels and what needs to be done for that. 3. Recommendation: To be successful and cost effective, an enterprise should set benchmarks with the best in their industry. For doing that, they first should know where they stand when compared to their competition. This maturity grid shows the steps that enterprises can take to be the best in class in terms of their Data center services strategy. This paper also provides a comparison between two industry verticals (Retail & Pharma) to understand how they differ in terms of adopting the maturity grid. Further a case study is provided where organizations can look upon to know if their present level is good enough for their business objective or should they move levels.