Today's Choices for Consolidation
From EMC'sToday's Choices guide series
April 2005

Consolidation is a significant factor in lowering total cost of ownership (TCO), simplifying IT management, improving storage utilization, and boosting productivity. But consolidation is more challenging than ever given the rapid growth of information and the pressure to maintain service levels. This guide provides an overview of consolidation choices and their impact on an organization, including:

•	Technology consolidation (tiered, SAN, NAS, server, gateways, and high-end hyper-consolidation)
•	Information consolidation (fixed content, Microsoft Exchange)
•	Operational consolidation (management, backup)

Before-and-after scenarios provide clear proof of the value of consolidation. This guide also covers the unequalled array of technology, service, and solution choices from EMC to help enable consolidation. Find out how these choices enable your organization's information lifecycle management strategy to help you get the most value from your information—at the lowest TCO, and at every point in its lifecycle.