Global Leaders in All Sectors Rely on Capgemini’s Expertise

Capgemini’s client experience suggests that typical data center optimization projects may reduce total cost of ownership by 25% and optimize space usage by 75%, with an increasingly important improvement in carbon footprint.

HM Revenue & Customs started to replace its aging data center facilities by moving tax credit services to a new facility, without disruption to vital payments for 6 million UK families. Just 24 hours after migration to a secure, resilient infrastructure 400 miles away, the move was declared a success.

HMRC worked with Capgemini, its IT services partner, to manage the transformation, which was one of the most complex ever undertaken in the UK. It involved changes to over 75% of HMRC’s systems and updated interfaces with other government departments and external bodies like the Bank of England.

Building a Foundation for Improved Efficiency

Capgemini’s data center optimization solutions focuses on 4 key areas of improvement:

• Cost of physical facilities: incorporating energy measurement and consumption as core design factors
• Improved utilization: reducing maintenance spending on underused equipment and floor space
• Operational management and disaster recovery: implementing effective disaster recovery processes to ensure regulatory compliance
• Applications portfolio rationalization: retiring underutilized functionalities to reduce the absolute capacity requirement

The result is a more efficient data center estate that lays the foundation for:

• Improved service levels
• Greater agility
• Enhanced infrastructure utilization
• Reduced power consumption
• Improved vendor negotiation through centralization
• A more creative and adaptive use of information assets

Supporting Your Need for Growth with a Flexible Roadmap

Capgemini has developed a phased approach to achieving an efficient and flexible infrastructure. This enables you to support growth and integrate the most appropriate technologies, platforms and applications every step of the way:

• Analysis and discovery of the current state: assessing asset inventory, staffing levels and activities, as well as services provided and the current contractual landscape
• Design of the future state: striking a balance between meeting user needs and cutting costs by examining performance, utilization, accessibility and data handling, business continuity, and physical and IT security
• The migration path: mapping optimal service provision, based on industry benchmarks, operational standards, service availability, access to capabilities, potential constraints and risks, and the business case for change