Like most enterprise IT organizations, you probably struggle to accommodate growing business demands within a fixed IT envelope. Fortunately, IT consolidation enables you to leverage virtualization to improve operational efficiency without sacrificing your business objectives.

Read this white paper from Forrester Research to get started with your IT consolidation initiative - and achieve lower overall costs, greater operational efficiency, and improved flexibility and availability. This asset guides you through collecting an accurate inventory of all assets and using a series of practical thresholds to prioritize your consolidation. You'll also learn how to do the following:

• Determine when IT consolidation is necessary
• Obtain a complete picture of asset utilization
• Identify potential consolidation catalyst points
• Constitute your IT consolidation project team correctly
• Understand the political landscape and the two most volatile types of consolidation