Infrastructure Transformation

Infrastructure transformation is a set of assets integrated across all infrastructure areas. Accenture's approach begins with developing an infrastructure strategy and road map, providing a multi-year blueprint for transforming the current environment to a virtualized computing infrastructure.

At Accenture, we believe the organizations that will achieve the greatest benefits from an integrated infrastructure are those that establish and follow a long-range transformation plan. The ultimate objectives are to enable a business or government to quickly take control of its IT costs, enhance its system security, improve its ability to support its business and operating strategy, and self-fund longer-term, IT-enabled improvements that drive additional value and high performance. Considering sourcing strategies—whether to co-source or outsource—should also form part of the overall plan.

Accenture foresees a three-phased approach to infrastructure transformation that is manageable, cost effective and minimally disruptive to ongoing business operations.

• Phase one—Start with a comprehensive consolidation and standardization program to reduce complexity, expense and operations and management challenges.
  
  
• Phase two—Extend the benefits of Phase One activities by superimposing a virtual layer on the newly standardized IT environment.
  
  
• Phase three—Allow the organization to fully exploit utility-style computing capabilities as they are realized. Organizations will be able to tap into IT capacity from third-party vendors and pay for only the capacity or type of service or resources they use. These early adopters will be the leaders helping to shape how this "utility style" model works.