I have just published an article on the definition of Infrastructure Consolidation, business drivers, key success factors, inhibitors, and recommended approach in such a project. The way I view such a transformation is to holistically address not just the technology aspect, but the processes, people as well as the organizational barriers or politics too.
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Tags: Cloud Computing, Consolidation, Enterprise Architecture, ITIL, Service Management, services, strategy, Virtualization