Consolidation
Consolidation is one of the most pressing challenges businesses face today. As IT environments grow more complex—with multiple vendors, cloud services, and infrastructure solutions—streamlining these operations is crucial for driving efficiency and reducing costs.
Integration: A growing business issue
At Interactive, we understand that businesses are struggling to manage the vast number of IT vendors, systems, and services they’ve acquired over time. This fragmentation creates inefficiencies, escalates costs, and makes it harder to maintain a secure and resilient infrastructure.
In today’s market, consolidation has become a top priority for businesses striving for long-term stability and scalability. Companies are recognising that it's no longer just about simplifying systems, but about maintaining a secure and resilient IT environment while staying competitive.
In many cases, customers are burdened with receiving multiple bills from various service providers, which are often hard to understand and reconcile. This not only complicates financial management, but also creates inefficiencies that can be addressed through a more integrated IT approach.
How consolidation benefits your business
Single vendor
One provider to support your operations across multiple regions
Cost optimisation
Save costs by optimising your IT services and managing assets
Ongoing support
Ongoing managed optimisation as your business evolves
6 essential strategies for successful IT consolidation
Vendor consolidation
Managing a fragmented environment due to reliance on multiple vendors often leads to increased costs, complex resource management, and reduced efficiency. A structured vendor consolidation program addresses these issues by streamlining operations, reducing inefficiencies, and lowering costs through a more focused vendor approach. This strategy also offers a single point of accountability, creating a more organised and optimised billing structure.
Complex infrastructure
Outdated or fragmented infrastructure can lead to inefficiencies and performance issues, increasing the risk of unplanned downtime and system outages. Regular infrastructure audits help address these risks by identifying outdated systems, preventing potential outages, and ensuring optimal performance.
Cost reduction & resource optimisation
Disparate IT systems often result in high operational costs and inefficient use of resources, leading to missed opportunities to allocate resources toward strategic initiatives that drive growth. Consolidating IT systems helps simplify the infrastructure, reduce costs, and refocus efforts on innovation and business growth.
Change management & decommissioning
Businesses are often hesitant to decommission systems due to concerns about losing critical data, which leads to inefficient systems remaining in place, increasing both risk and operational clutter. By implementing a change management process, companies can ensure secure data retention while safely phasing out outdated systems, thereby reducing risks and inefficiencies.
Skill gaps & capabilities
Limited in-house expertise for managing large-scale IT transformations can lead to project delays and increased risk of failure, as internal IT teams often remain occupied with routine tasks instead of focusing on business innovation. Partnering with external experts, such as Interactive, brings in specialised knowledge essential for navigating complex consolidation efforts. By outsourcing repetitive tasks to a trusted partner, internal IT teams can shift their focus to strategic initiatives that drive the business forward, rather than being mired in operational firefighting.
Building trust & long-term relationships
A lack of trust between stakeholders can hinder the success of consolidation efforts, often resulting in poor collaboration and misaligned project goals. Proactive engagement, including gap analyses and pre-sales consultations, fosters trust and ensures goal alignment. By streamlining services and maintaining open communication, stronger partnerships are built for the long term, leading to smoother consolidation processes and more sustainable success.
Our integration services
To help you integrate your IT management, we offer a comprehensive suite of services designed to facilitate your consolidation efforts:
- Infrastructure audit: Detailed assessments to document hardware and assets, providing clarity on your current infrastructure.
- Infrastructure optimisation: Evaluations of servers and systems to recommend upgrades and assess cloud migration readiness.
- Cloud readiness evaluation: Ensuring your systems are prepared for a smooth transition to the cloud.
- Network assessment: Comprehensive evaluations of existing network setups to identify improvement opportunities.
- Vendor management: Streamlining communication and reducing overhead by consolidating IT service providers.
- Cloud migration: Facilitating seamless transitions to public, private, or hybrid cloud environments while optimising services.
- Infrastructure simplification: Integrating on-premise systems and multi-cloud environments into a cohesive platform.
- Network optimisation: Enhancing your network with expert management of MPLS, SD-WAN, and WLAN technologies.
- Asset management: Implementing tools for tracking equipment lifecycles and optimising replacement schedules.
- Change management: Supporting the decommissioning of unnecessary services while safeguarding critical data.
- Vendor consolidation strategy: Developing strategies to reduce complexity and enhance service integration.
How we help you: From complexity to simplicity
With Interactive Anywhere, we offer comprehensive outsourced IT services that consolidate all your IT needs. Our tailored solutions simplify operations by reducing vendors, migrating systems to the cloud, and creating a unified IT environment.
Partnering with trusted technology leaders like Microsoft, we help build a stable, scalable IT environment aligned with your strategic goals.
Partnering with trusted technology leaders like Microsoft, we help build a stable, scalable IT environment aligned with your strategic goals.
3 Real-world success stories
Streamlining vendor management for a global cruise organisation
Interactive Anywhere helped a leading global cruise organisation reduce its vendor management complexity by consolidating its operations. Previously managing over 70 different vendors, the company's finance team faced significant challenges, including handling numerous invoices and recurring bills from various partners. By reducing down to nine primary vendors and a Managed Service Provider (MS...
Interactive Anywhere helped a leading global cruise organisation reduce its vendor management complexity by consolidating its operations. Previously managing over 70 different vendors, the company's finance team faced significant challenges, including handling numerous invoices and recurring bills from various partners. By reducing down to nine primary vendors and a Managed Service Provider (MSP) across all IT services, we implemented a streamlined vendor management strategy that simplified operations, reduced costs, and improved financial oversight. This consolidation not only decreased the administrative burden on their finance team but also enhanced their overall operational efficiency.
Cost savings for a financial services company
In a project with a financial services client, Interactive Anywhere identified a significant cost-saving opportunity. The company had been paying for 120 SIP channels through unused telecommunications services for six years, resulting in a staggering $360,000 wasted over that period. Through our comprehensive audit and assessment, we identified unnecessary services and proposed alternatives, ul...
In a project with a financial services client, Interactive Anywhere identified a significant cost-saving opportunity. The company had been paying for 120 SIP channels through unused telecommunications services for six years, resulting in a staggering $360,000 wasted over that period. Through our comprehensive audit and assessment, we identified unnecessary services and proposed alternatives, ultimately saving the client nearly $480,000 per annum. This successful outcome highlighted our ability to optimise resources and drive substantial financial benefits for our customers.
Enhancing accountability and streamlining operations
Interactive Anywhere transformed the operational dynamics for a customer facing challenges due to multiple vendors managing their phone systems and lines. Previously, troubleshooting issues was cumbersome, as different vendors often pointed fingers at one another, leading to inefficiencies and frustration. By establishing a single point of accountability, we simplified the communication process...
Interactive Anywhere transformed the operational dynamics for a customer facing challenges due to multiple vendors managing their phone systems and lines. Previously, troubleshooting issues was cumbersome, as different vendors often pointed fingers at one another, leading to inefficiencies and frustration. By establishing a single point of accountability, we simplified the communication process, ensuring that any service disruptions were addressed promptly and effectively. This shift not only improved the customer’s operational efficiency, but also enhanced their overall experience by providing clear accountability and reliable support.
Our four solution pillars
Why choose Interactive Anywhere?
With deep expertise in IT consolidation and a proven track record across diverse industries, we tailor our approach to streamline your operations and enhance efficiency. Trust us to deliver solutions that simplify complexity and drive lasting results.
Growth
Consolidation ensures your technology is built to scale as your business expands, creating a future-proof infrastructure.
Simplicity
We reduce the complexity of your IT systems by upgrading outdated infrastructure and transitioning to the cloud with minimal disruption.
Cost-efficiency
Consolidation helps reduce operational expenses and optimise resource allocation, delivering long-term savings.
Let’s simplify your IT today
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