"Status quo is easy but any change is frustratingly slow"

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Overall Comment:"Overall service uptime is good but any changes are slow to implement."

Lessons Learned

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Would you recommend this product or service to others?

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Please explain your willingness or hesitation to recommend this product or service.

I don't think their private cloud service provides value for money in today's market vs AWS etc.

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What top 3 strengths/capabilities does your vendor demonstrate- when delivering the Data Center Outsourcing (DCO) and Infrastructure Utility Services? Please indicate the strengths.

Professional engagement

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What top 3 weaknesses/areas for improvement have you observed based upon your vendor delivering the Data Center Outsourcing (DCO) and Infrastructure Utility Services? Please indicate the weaknesses.

High turnover of contacts, poor relationship manager, ineffective change mechanisms

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How many major outages have you experienced in past 18 months with your vendor?

1

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Your vendor provided good value for money

2.0

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Choose the option that best describes the scale of your implementation.

10 to 19 total servers

Evaluation & Contracting

3.0
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What is your contractual relationship start date with this service provider?

2014
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What is your most recent renewal/extension/renegotiation with this service provider?

2017
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What is your current contract end date with this service provider?

2018
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Percentage of price that is variable (%)

2
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Percentage of price reduction (%)

0
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Percentage of price increase (%)

3
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How much of your Data Center Outsourcing (DCO) and Infrastructure Utility Services business need(s) does this provider do for you?

Shared responsibility
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What currency will you be using when providing spending and/or budget figures in this survey?

Euros (EUR)
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Please indicate the annual contract value with your vendor for the Data Center Outsourcing (DCO) and Infrastructure Utility Services.

Less than €475,000 EUR a year
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Contract structure was flexible and the agreement contains a well-defined Statement of Work where roles and responsibilities are very clear

3.0

Planning & Transition

2.0
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Delivery and execution

3.0
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Please estimate how many servers are part of Private or Public Cloud IaaS-PaaS services or IUS offering. Your best estimate is fine.

20 to 99 total servers

Delivery & Execution

3.0
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Delivers the expected business outcomes that were promised

4.0
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Your vendor is an industry thought leader and we benefit greatly from their experiences with numerous companies in our industry

2.0
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Effective and defined procedures for handling any escalation

4.0
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Your vendor’s account manager and senior leadership are actively engaged and treat us more like a partner than a client

2.0
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Staff and resources to meet widespread geographic coverage, includes appropriate staffing numbers and strong skill set

2.0
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Your vendor’s Operational and Tool expertise

3.0
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Your vendor’s alliances & partnerships are excellent and deliver great value

3.0
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Depth and breadth of services capabilities

3.0
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Robust and standardized methodologies and quality assurance processes (i.e. - ISO20000, ITIL management practices)

4.0
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Centralization and consolidation of data center operations

3.0
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Private Cloud, Utility and industrialized services

4.0
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Quality of services and remote delivery methods from your vendor’s low cost geographies/labor

1.0
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Promptness of outage resolution

3.0

Service Capabilities

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Mainframe Services

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ERP Hosting/ERP Services (SAP, Oracle, etc.)

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Remote Infrastructure Management

3.0
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DC Consolidation and Transformation

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Cloud Migrations and Transition

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Hybrid IT Infrastructure management

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Storage and Backups Services

3.0

Additional Context

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Why did you purchase the service?

  • Create internal/operational efficiencies
  • Cost optimization
  • Improve business process agility
  • Improve compliance and risk management
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What were the key factors that drove your decision to select your vendor over others?

  • Functional capabilities
  • Expected performance and/or scalability
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In which region(s) did your deployment take place?

  • Europe, Middle East and Africa
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Have you seen relevant automation initiatives taken by your vendor which have resulted in visible benefits for your organization?