As-a-service, when applied to data centre infrastructure, can provide a secure, scalable and streamlined approach to accessing and managing fundamental IT infrastructure.
It’s a flexible solution that can include exactly what you need, nothing more, nothing less, for a predictable recurring cost, giving you access to industry-leading technology without the responsibility and enormous cost of owning, maintaining and supporting it.
TruScale is Lenovo’s as-a-service offering, covering all of your technology needs – from the pocket to the device to the edge, and to the cloud.
TruScale Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) gives you the flexibility to innovate without limits. Your infrastructure stays right-sized, all the time, so there’s no shortage of processing capability and no wasted capacity. This agility helps you react quickly to changing requirements without the risk of over-investing because it’s a pay-as-you-go approach.
The scalable as a service delivery model at the heart of Lenovo TruScale means you can choose the right solutions that fit your needs today with room to grow as your needs evolve.
Learn more about Lenovo TruScale’s full suite of integrated solutions that empower your teams with the technology they need to innovate without limits.
To unleash the full potential of your IT transformation, you need technology that flexes to your needs and empowers your teams to ignite your business strategy.
The as-a-service approach to technology is flexible and scalable, it can simplify your procurement, deployment and management of IT – from pocket devices to on-prem infrastructure and everything in between.
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Device-as-a-Service (DaaS): Pay for what you need when you need through a single supplier for hardware, software and services, with industry-best reliability and device uptime
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Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS): Right size infrastructure that seamlessly integrates with solutions and retains control over your data storage and security
Everything-as-a-Service: Leverage a predictable payment model with minimum upfront costs and standardise procurement through a trusted, proven partner with access to the industry’s broadest portfolio, from pocket to cloud
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What is as-a-Service?
As-a-Service (aaS) can help organisations mitigate technology costs by taking IT hardware and bundling it with a variety of software and services, then offering it to a customer for a predictable, regular fee. It gives customers a single, flexible, scalable contract and just one provider to hold accountable.
What services are included in an aaS solution?
Some of the common value-add services that might be included in an aaS solution are:
Of course, you can choose as many or as few of these as you want but it may make sense to include at least some part of the deployment or management of your hardware in the solution as part of your bespoke aaS ‘Service Catalogue’.
You could also consider bundling software solutions with aaS to deliver specific business or IT outcomes (like improved security or data protection, for example) in the same cost per month profile. Doing things this way can help to focus the discussion on these outcomes rather than individual products.
Isn’t aaS just equipment leasing or rental by another name?
In a way, yes. But it can also be something much more.
All aaS solutions will have some sort of finance component behind them somewhere, even if the customer only has a service agreement to sign. So why might we look at aaS as being something different?
The best aaS solutions focus much more on the total personal, IT and business outcomes rather than just the potential op-ex benefits of the traditional equipment finance approach that many organisations use.
Considering the wider requirements around deployment, management, security, support, asset recovery and even analytics and end user experience, is part of every IT leader’s role and aaS might have a unique part to play here.
Is aaS right for my organisation?
The best answer is – maybe!
To effectively assess whether aaS is a good fit for your organisation, it’s important to consider the following:
A detailed analysis of the above is the starting point to assess whether aaS could be a good fit for your organisation.
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