Fujitsu SA is set to offer destruction-testing of clients` IT systems, in a move that has been described as the "industrialisation of IT".
Phil Duncan, Fujitsu professional services manager, says the concept, developed in Japan and now adopted globally, has proved effective in reducing system implementation costs, as well as system lifecycle costs. In both cases, says Duncan, reductions of 25% have been recorded.
"Destruction-testing is about applying industrial principles to IT," he says.
"Projects are expensive, slow to get approval, slow to deploy and seldom achieve their ROI. This is a strategy for optimising the design, development and deployment of IT infrastructure in heterogeneous environments," explains Fujitsu SA MD Elvin de Kock.
Named Triole, the concept involves testing systems in a laboratory setting, before deployment, which aims to address the challenge of wastage. Some estimates suggest less than 40% of IT infrastructure resources are actually put to use.
Triole provides infrastructure building blocks, represent by 80 templates created from a repeated demand from Fujitsu customers over the last three years, with every one audited every 18 months for relevance, De Kock says.
Fujitsu has established centres where the templates have been developed, tested and verified in international locations to complement and work closely with its centre in Numazu, Japan, which began operations in June 2003.
An organisation can then pick and choose which functionality and what combination of templates it wants, adding or removing when needs dictate.
De Kock says the Triole strategy is not "commoditisation" outright and is dependent on being able to customise systems delivery more cheaply and faster.
"Rather than having to integrate hardware and software from different vendors, Triole provides pre-selected services, storage, networks and middleware for different needs.
"This will enable us to leverage our comprehensive platform-integration expertise across all major regional markets," says De Kock.
"Mobilising Fujitsu`s global resources around Triole will help customers optimise their IT infrastructures in ways that will accelerate responsiveness to market changes and meet the most pressing management challenges."
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