Stephanie Overby, a regular contributor at CIO.com, wrote an article last week with 12 Outsourcing predictions for 2012.  Among the predictions are that outsourcing deals will still be slow due to continuing economic uncertainty. Buyers will be leery of signing contracts while the threat of recession still looms. But when that outsourcing contract lowers your operating costs, isn’t that the smart choice to make in lean economic times?

Particularly interesting to us here at Virima was number 4 on the list – IT Service Buyers Look Beyond Labor Arbitrage.

“Outsourcing customers still want to keep costs low when they farm out IT services. But next year, they’ll want more—increased global flexibility or better technology, for example…(however)…Providers will still be overly focused on cost reduction for their clients, as opposed to process improvement and innovation.”

That has been our philosophy at Virima all along. We know the main reason our clients outsource is to save money, but if you are not delivering any value beyond that, you are doing a disservice to your clients. Innovative technology (EcosystemManager) and process improvement (IT Operations Management) have always been the cornerstones to Virima’s value proposition. We’re glad to see that 2012 will see that value come to the forefront.

Happy New Year from Virima Technologies!

Read the full article at CIO.com

In today’s Tier1 Daily, Tier1 Research analysts Michael Levy and Stefanie Beaubien gave their take on the Latisys/Virima partnership, which was announced December 15, 2011.

In speaking about Virima’s EcosystemManager software suite, Tier1 said:

“T1R received a demo of the EcosystemManager and believes the project management tool provides an extremely valuable high-level, real-time view of a datacenter’s infrastructure, processes and particularly, people (made possible by Virima’s autonomic social engine). That is, after all information sources are linked to the software and digested. We can see why Latisys, in particular, would be disposed to forming a partnership with Virima.”

This is the value that Virima delivers to both customers and service providers, and Tier1 nailed it. Our Autonomic Social Discovery engine is unique in the industry and allows EcosystemManager to give enterprises a clearer, more complete picture of their IT infrastructure. Latisys sees this value as well and we are proud to partner with them in serving their enterprise clients.

In commenting on the partnership, Tier1 said:

“Migrating from an enterprise datacenter can be a tedious and daunting task. Latisys and Virima Technologies have teamed up to provide customers with a smoother transition to the multi-tenant datacenter (MTDC) model. Virima will offer Latisys customers its DCT FastPath service, which will assist with migrating IT infrastructure into Latisys’s datacenters. The services provided by Virima will help customers make the often difficult decisions, including infrastructure requirements and risk management, associated with datacenter migration…This partnership will allow Latisys to fine-tune its migration capabilities to better serve its nationwide customers through automated processes and functions.”

Read the full article here: Daily t1r_Virima Technologies_20 Dec 2011

Last week Latisys and Virima announced a partnership that enables enterprise customers to seamlessly migrate IT infrastructure to Latisys’ data center colocation facilities and cloud platform.

Today, Phil Shih at Structure Research shared his perspective on the partnership.He concluded his article by saying, “… most importantly this is about bringing on capabilities and demonstrating value that reinforces the benefits of outsourced hosting while at the same time addressing concerns that can be a barrier to closing the deal. ”

We agree, Phil. Thank you.

Read the post at Structure Research.

To Deliver Accelerated Data Center Migration
Services To Enterprise Customers

Industry leading firms combine to deliver robust, customizable offering for enterprises seeking to shift IT infrastructure to Latisys’ data center colocation and cloud facilities

Englewood, CO (December 15, 2011) – Latisys, a leading national provider of IT outsourcing solutions from data center colocation to cloud, today announced it has entered into a strategic partnership with Virima Technologies, Inc. that enables enterprise customers to seamlessly migrate IT infrastructure to Latisys’ data center colocation facilities and cloud platform.

Virima Technologies, based in Atlanta, GA, is an innovator in accelerated Data Center Transformations and automated IT Operations change management. Virima manages the risks and activities associated with complex data center consolidation, optimization and cloud migration projects.

The firm’s technology-enabled DCT FastPathTM service – anchored by its EcosystemManagerTM software suite – accelerates data center transformations by automating key processes and functions such as discovery, change control and resource collaboration which helps to simplify and reduce the overall cost and risks of moving assets and applications.

“From day one, Latisys has focused on delivering more to our customers, and this partnership represents a unique opportunity to strengthen our data center migration capabilities,” said Christian Teeft, Vice President of Engineering, Latisys. “Enterprises transitioning IT infrastructure to a Latisys data center facility – be it to a cabinet, private cage, private suite or, more recently, our private cloud solution – will benefit from unparalleled visibility, flexibility and reliability to ensure their most critical assets are protected.”

Virima offers Latisys customers a specialized approach to Data Center Transformation (DCT) programs combining experience, best practices and technology. Virima works with Latisys customers to determine the requirements/infrastructure needs for their optimal IT environment, manage the risks associated with migrating data centers, and keep their project in line with business goals. The result is a clear roadmap to a Latisys data center facility with program management and seamless delivery capabilities to achieve rapid global deployments, quality results and significant cost savings.
We believe this partnership represents a true value-add for Latisys customers, and enables Virima to offer our customers the proven data center colocation and managed services that Latisys delivers,” said Andrew S. Albrecht, Chief Strategy Officer, Virima Technologies, Inc.

With state-of-the-art data center facilities in Northern Virginia, Chicago, Denver and Irvine, California, Latisys offers coverage across all U.S. time zones – including gateways into the Asia Pacific and Europe – delivering unmatched scalability and multi-site redundancy to enterprise customers whether they want to off-premise, off-load, optimize or on-demand their IT infrastructure.

About Latisys

Latisys is a leading national provider of colocation, private cloud solutions, managed hosting, managed services and disaster recovery options to medium-sized businesses, enterprise customers and government agencies. With a heritage serving business customers since 1994, and multiple high-density, SAS70 Type II compliant data centers across the United States, Latisys offers scalable outsourced IT infrastructure management solutions that provide customers what they need, when they need it. The firm’s new, state-of-the-art Tier III data center campus in Ashburn, Virginia compliments existing facility operations in Chicago, Denver and Irvine, California. As a data center-centric company, Latisys is quickly becoming the hosting and colocation company of choice for companies that demand more from their IT infrastructure partner. All while optimizing clients’ return on investment. All while ‘delivering more’. Call 1-866-956-9594 or visit www.latisys.com for additional information.

About Virima

An innovator in accelerated Data Center Transformations and IT Operations management, Virima Technologies has the expertise and technology to manage the risks associated with complex data center consolidation, optimization and cloud migration projects. Its technology-enabled DCT FastPathTM Solution leverages expert consultants, proven methodologies and the world’s first autonomic discovery and correlation software with built-in transformation program management. Virima’s technology approach to data center transformation provides effective alignment of an organization’s IT operations and assets with its business strategy and processes. The result is data center transformation projects completed faster with significant savings over typical industry approaches. Learn more about Virima at www.virima.com or call 1-404-969-4180 x112.