Demonstrated Value

Data Center Move / Consolidation – Virtual IT Department

Automobile dealership consolidation drives facility and IT service reorganization.

Snapshot

• Business growth and traditional approach to IT support outsourcing led to inefficient and unreliable IT infrastructure.
• Lack of internal technical expertise and dependence on small number of suppliers of vertical industry software led to operational inefficiencies with no apparent, cost-effective end in site.
• Prospera’s IT infrastructure audit, data center consolidation, move management and “Virtual IT Department” services provided the dealership with the IT expertise necessary to reorganize and stabilize its IT infrastructure and be in the position for future growth.

Challenge

Well-established, multi-site automobile dealership sold one of its automobile lines and had to relocate its headquarters and data center to one of its remaining locations. The dealership needed to maintain its sales operations through the weekend of the physical move and be open for business the next business day.

Solution

• Pre-sales assessment revealed the depth and breadth of technical expertise required to maintain the IT operations of the automobile dealership. Budget analysis revealed that maintaining the necessary IT talent and expertise internally was cost prohibitive.
• Prospera Solutions Group developed and implemented a project plan for the move of the dealership’s IT data center from one location in town to another.
• Prospera Solutions Group worked with the customer’s various application and telecommunications vendors to ensure a smooth transition to the new location.
• After the data center move, Prospera Solutions Group implemented various upgrades to stabilize the infrastructure and to position the automobile dealership for future growth.