Some of our Customers require that their data centre IT infrastructure is prebuilt offsite, reasons for this requirement vary but can include a desire to reduce on-site disruption and increase the speed of deployment into a live environment.
This requirement can represent a challenge for a Customers’ existing fragmented supply chain.
ITM’s answer to this challenge is to work with the Customers’ supply chain and act as a single source integrator. In doing this we have invested in a secure caged area within our recently expanded Milton Keynes facility, and to date we have prebuilt and integrated several hundred Customer racks and cabinets. We build the racks to an extremely high standard and provide a complete finished and tested solution that can comprise of the racks/cabinets, servers, switches, power network, data network, labelling and asset documentation. The choice of products used is entirely up to the Customer and we have existing relationships with a wide range of hardware vendors.
We offer a secure and proven offsite build and integration service for cloud ready racks and cabinets.
ITM works closely with a number of leading rack, power, cabling and ICT equipment manufacturers in order to supply our Customers with best in class solutions to meet their individual requirements.
All final builds are subject to a detailed quality audit, to ensure that they comply both physically, logically and visually with industry standards and Customer specifications. We manage our auditing process using iPads running a customisable audit application that provides detailed audit records for each finished cabinet or rack. Our QA Team ensures that every rack completed is labelled with a unique URL. The Customer can then access the URL to view the rack’s audit report, along with information such as equipment serial numbers and cabling test results.
Once the racks have gone through our rigorous QA process, we then carefully pack them using reusable protective packaging and store them in our secure caged area. When the Customer has given us the go ahead for deployment, we then deliver the integrated and tested cabinets or racks using specialist vehicles to the Customer data centre.
Our service also includes all on-site works, including the installation and integration with on-site power and structured cabling.
Customers can benefit in a number of ways from using our integration service. Firstly, they are able to reduce on-site disruption and operational risk, as the majority of installation and integration work is carried out off-site. Secondly we can significantly reduce installation times and reduce the ‘time to revenue’ by allowing the Customer to go live much more quickly. Finally, the Customer benefits from improved asset management, traceability, auditability and compliance, thanks to our strict quality control and quality assurance processes.
If you would like to find out more about this service, then get in touch with ITM today. We can help you manage the entire sourcing, logistics and integration process and ensure that the finished product meets your needs.
For more information, please give us a call on +44 (0) 1908 318844.