GlassHouse Technologies, a leading independent IT infrastructure consulting and services firm, today announced the release of Accelerate, a new and innovative four-phase methodology modeled to meet the challenges of today’s IT departments. Accelerate saves time and money by increasing time-to-benefits through facilitated design and planning sessions focused on common infrastructure challenges such as: data center migrations, virtualization projects, disaster recovery and tape elimination.

GlassHouse consultants understand the internal challenges that can arise when working to implement crucial IT projects, and Accelerate addresses the roadblocks that often result in delayed or canceled initiatives. The four phases of Accelerate, consisting of design, planning, implementation and transition, allow organizations to take a united approach to advance projects critical to their IT infrastructures. Facilitated planning sessions dissolve obstacles, resulting in projects being completed in a shorter timeframe.

“The compelling ROI of data center consolidations and server virtualization projects can only be realized if IT organizations move quickly enough to take advantage of the promised savings. By pulling together all stakeholders who represent business and IT to drive consensus on what will be done and how it will be done, we create ownership and support to move towards the desired end result,” said Mitch Northcutt, GlassHouse’s vice president of services development. “Building consensus on a detailed plan and process with all stakeholders involved before undertaking an IT initiative is key. Accelerate is built around thoughtful planning that helps IT organizations drive through obstacles to ensure success.”

Accelerate’s four phases are designed to simplify the process and quicken the realization of ROI. The four stages are:

• Design: facilitating design sessions with key stakeholders to ensure total buy-in
• Planning: detailed task mapping to establish resource requirements and project timelines
• Deployment: executing the plan with GlassHouse’s expert deployment teams
• Transition: instituting the appropriate processes and procedures to maintain production readiness and knowledge transfer to the client’s in-house team

“By working with our team to drive our project, GlassHouse truly became a strategic and trusted adviser. In assisting with the planning process as well as the implementation, GlassHouse ensured we achieved our set goals,” said Rich Louderbough, CTO at Clark Consulting. “Accelerate was the difference in getting our IT project completed quickly and with quantifiable savings.”