IT Consulting & Management Services
IT Infrastructure Project Management
Our IT consulting and project management services have been a key component in the timely delivery of many complex and time-constrained infrastructure and data center projects. With proven expertise in the below areas we are strongly positioned to deliver your infrastructure projects on time, on budget and to specification:
- Project management methodologies
- Infrastructure and Data Center design and implementation
- Vendor coordination and management
- M&E requirements definition
- Deliverable management
- Project documentation
- Site office management
- Budgeting and cost control
- In-house skills in Networking and Wi-Fi, Cloud, Cybersecurity, End-user devices, Market Data and Telecoms
EIRE Systems is a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI) and BICSI.
Office Relocation
EIRE Systems provides costing, planning and coordination for technology and people relocations, and restacks of existing buildings. These relocation and restack projects have varied in size from several 10’s of users to over 1,500 users. Project deliverables have included full documentation of pre- and post-migration desktop, server and market data systems including topologies and system designs, dependency analyses, budget and cost tracking, migration scheduling, lead-time analyses, procurement procedures, risk management, implementation management, and user acceptance testing.
EIRE Systems also provides Managed Services for Moves, Adds, and Changes (MACs).
Data Center Builds / Relocations
Due Diligence
- Critical IT Systems Requirements Definition – following clients’ global minimum requirements
- Assessment of existing/future IT Infrastructure
- Risk Assessment – using defined Risk Criteria our Risk Assessment identifies and ranks risks under a number of categories culminating is a measured level of risk associated with a proposed data center location. Topics covered under this Risk Assessment include:
- Natural Risk
- Man-made Risk
- Facility/Utility Risk
- Physical Security Risk
- Oversight of Environmental Assessment/Study (using EIRE environmental specialist partners)
- Financial Due Diligence – detailed financial analysis of shortlisted data center sites.
Design IT Services
- Technology specification, recommendations and product review.
- Production of an IT Infrastructure project plan including installation schedules.
- Design of major data center components including MDF and IDF rooms, patch frame, cable pathways (high and low level) equipment rack layouts, and provisions for telecommunications and carriers.
- Coordination of all IT discipline requirements for procurement and installation of core IT infrastructure.
- Detailed CAD renderings for data center layout, cabling reticulation on all floors and in all IT rooms including rack elevations.
- Production of RFP documentation.
- Vendor negotiation and bid analysis with recommendations.
- Liaison with internal/overseas engineering team for approval of final design
Built Out
- Coordination of all equipment installations with power, construction and other contractors.
- Production, monitoring and reporting of installation programs.
- Day-to-day monitoring of work in progress.
- Cost tracking and change management.
- Attendance of all IT and site construction meetings.
Relocation and Commissioning
- Coordination of relocation and commissioning of equipment from legacy/existing data centers into new data centers.
Business Continuity Planning
Phase 1 Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
Phase 2 BCP and Alternative Recovery Site Plan
Phase 3 DR Site Build
Phase 4 DR Site Test
Business Analysis for IT
As an organization, our multi-disciplinary approach enables strategic clarity as it relates to technology, physical infrastructure and financial impact. From defining your overall Data Center, Server Migration, Technology Renewal or Relocation Strategies, to implementing a BCP/DR solution, with several hundred projects under our belt EIRE Systems can formulate a best-fit IT Strategy for your organization.
Our analysts will walk you through a step-by-step process including a review of your long term business objectives, current technology infrastructure, business processes, service vendors and contractor positioning, the output of which will be a clearly defined IT strategy encompassing the most cost-effective and technologically feasible solution for your business.
Migrations and Technology Renewal
Deploying a clear Migration and Technology Renewal strategy will enable your business to make technology decisions based on cost, your return on investment, and the impact to your business. Often current systems can be migrated within the same product line where systems will be upgraded with hardware and/or software to meet your current and long term business needs. In cases where your existing technology is unable to meet the current or long term needs of your organization a new technology migration strategy will need to be developed. When moving to a new technology platform the impact to your business can be significant. You will need to understand the differences and how to communicate these differences to your user community and/or customers.
There are many factors that need to be considered when implementing a new migration strategy and EIRE Systems can provide you with the answers. A clear strategy will save you money, time and possibly customers.
Stay Protected With a Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Strategy
The effect of a major disaster on your business can be tremendous, and in cases where adequate safety nets have not been put in place, the result can be financial loss, or regulatory or legal complications. In today’s business environment a Business Continuity Plan and Disaster Recovery strategy that can protect your business against minor or local IT, building or company wide outages, or large natural disasters needs to be in place.
Our IT consultants can work with you to:
