Derive Technologies has made it a priority to remain aware of the impact of mergers, acquisitions, and other business transformations on technology. Among our principal considerations of these ever-evolving business requirements are those involving changing office operations and real estate needs, and the management and fiscal considerations related to moving, co-locating, and streamlining or virtualizing IT infrastructures.

Therefore, Derive has dedicated a full-service business and technology practice to Data Center and Infrastructure support and relocation solutions. With this practice, we have performed hundreds of complex data center revisions, redevelopments, enhancements, and moves for important corporate and public sector enterprises in the New York Metropolitan Area and throughout the United States .

Our Data Center and Infrastructure support and relocation practice is led by our Project Management Office (PMO), which builds and implements industry-standard, while real-world best practices into the delivery of every Data Center initiative. This enables your team to continue to focus on your business while we give you rapid service and peace of mind.

Key Benefits

• 360-degree approach to Data Center design, relocation, and support: Including knowledge of all systems inside and outside the data center.
• Single point of contact: For all components of data center delivery including interface with construction, cabling, heating/cooling, and other contractors.
• Dramatic overall cost reductions: Through better project planning.
• Improved project delivery cycles: Reduced time-to-delivery.
• On-going support with the utmost flexibility: 24x7 or as-needed.
  

Derive’s Project Management Office (PMO) oversees the strategic planning and subsequent execution of your Data Center implementation, relocation, or expansion project. Through time-tested and proven methodologies, Derive can help your organization to manage risk and control costs associated with technology integration or relocation.

Our support and relocation planning services include:

• Coordinating telecommunications infrastructure installation and changes: With Voice, Data, and Internet service providers.
• Managing electricians, architects, and building managers: To ensure technology equipment rooms meet environmental requirements (HVAC, power, security, etc.).
• Collecting inventory information: For all existing hardware (servers, workstations, printers, LAN/WAN devices, etc).
• Creating and maintaining detailed project plans: To track progress on all aspects of the technology build out and move.
• Communicating with all parties: To ensure access to required facilities and to keep the project on-time and on-course.

TECHNOLOGY ROOM DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION

Proper planning and design of data centers and telecommunications closets is crucial for a successful move. Derive’s Data Center and Infrastructure support and relocation team has over 20 years of experience designing and implementing Technology Equipment Rooms (TERs). We employ industry standard best practices to build high quality, ergonomic, efficient technology equipment rooms.

When a TER build out is part of your implementation, relocation, or expansion initiative, we can provide:

• Physical layout and architecture specifications: For data centers & telecommunications rooms.
• Validation of electrical power: Proper power protection and redundancy.
• Validation of HVAC: As well as physical security and fire control solutions.
• Data and voice premise cabling: Including Fiber, Copper, etc.
• Provisioning and assembly of all rack apparatus: For servers and network devices.
• Cable management: Labeling, and overall organization.
• LAN, WAN, SAN, and KVM network design and implementation.

MANAGEMENT OF EQUIPMENT ADDS, MOVES, AND CHANGES

Scheduled equipment moves can be a significant challenge as there are often many variables and unforeseen circumstances. We can help you stay organized and manage a potentially chaotic situation.

Derive's logistics and organization services include:

• Developing a clear, concise labeling scheme: For inventory control.
• Ensuring all equipment is properly disassembled and packaged.
• Contingency tactics: Including backups of critical data and provisioning of loaner hardware in the unlikely event that systems are damaged in transit.
• Developing clear documentation: For proper reassembly and build out of all IT equipment at your new location(s).
• Developing and executing Quality Assurance tests: To ensure all equipment is functioning as expected upon arrival at new location(s).