IT Infrastructure Planning & Consulting

Carl Clopton Conuslting does not simply provide clients sales quotes from services providers, but spends time meeting with their clients to review and discuss their total IT needs. Specializing in IT Infrastructure Planning & Consulting, they work to create a comprehensive plan for any size business – from the small start up, to the corporate enterprise level customer.

One of the most powerful services Carl Clopton Consulting provides for companies seeking IT infrastructure is RFP (Request For Proposal) and bid document preparation, submitting to a few pre qualified bidders, bid review and negotiation, and bid award assistance. Get more info

>>> Carl Clopton’s extensive experience in technology planning and implementation for enterprise level customers brings tremendous value and saves clients time and money in the proposal review process.

>>> Alternatively, the client spends countless hours of their own precious time contacting many service providers and becoming overwhelmed with sales proposals that are apples and oranges in comparison and may not meet their needs.

Although this phase can be frustrating, it is not a client’s greatest and most expensive mistake. A much worse scenario is the client eventually realizing they had chosen the wrong technology and / or the wrong service provider(s) but had already invested too much time and money going down the wrong path to change easily without wasting even greater amounts of time and money. This is where Carl Clopton Consulting brings the most value to the client.

>>> Having worked with thousands of clients and hundreds of data centers, ISPs, cloud service providers and telecom carriers over the years, this valuable experience and expertise is essential to clients in their technology planning. A thorough understanding of the differences in the providers and the technologies helps clients make better decisions to overcome and avoid numerous pitfalls.

Here are examples of a few services Carl Clopton Consulting provides their clients:

Help review client’s current applications and their total cost of infrastructure ownership (currently and historically) to determine if Data Center Colocation, Virtualization or a hybrid design could be the best fit for their company or individual project
Help review client’s current and historical bandwidth usage stats and make recommendations concerning their utilization to save them money, improve quality and increase their ROI
Help client better understand peering arrangements and what routes their customers may need to reach them over the Internet
Help review client’s current carriers and BGP blends and make recommendations to minimize possible outages or packet loss
Help client better understand data center tier levels, how they differ from each other and what this means to their business
Help review client’s current and historical power usage stats and make recommendations concerning their systems power designs and utilization to help save them money, improve quality and increase their ROI
Help review client’s current data center certifications, systems, and applications to help determine their HIPAA or PCI compliance.