The Eighteen (18) Elements of the Comprehensive Data Center Solution. Elements 11-13
11) Service Level Agreements
A. Internal vs. external (client) based
B. Government imposed guidelines/performance (i.e. HIPPA, etc.)
C. Co-Location / Cloud – 2016/2017 transformation – fine print – who pays? – how much? – damages (Legal Beagles 2016/2017!!)
D. What does 99.999 availability mean to me when “I go down?”
E. Example – 3rd Party Provider – Contract 99.999 (32 seconds?) – What if I go down – Your Risk!!!
F. See Part III
12) Personnel
A. Employee vs. contract personnel
B. Data Breaches
C. The Staffing Costs
D. Why Not Outsource? Share Personnel Costs with Others Share Benefits E. Wiki Leaks
13) CAPEX vs. OPEX
A. CAPEX – Capital dollars spent to build/deploy data center across (18) elements
B. OPEX – Operating dollar “expense” to financial statements – very attractive
C. New trend of internal “OPEX” data center solution 2016 / 2017 / 2018
D. Cloud/Co-location OPEX?
E. Migration Cost – OPEX
F. Relocation Cost – OPEX
G. Network (Recurring) Cost – OPEX
H. Seed Equipment – CAPEX or OPEX
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