Rising electricity prices, the scarcity and high cost of skills, and a tight economy are all putting South African datacentres under enormous budgetary pressure. Enterprise IT users and service providers are responding with a range of strategies geared towards improving datacentre efficiencies, lowering cost of ownership and improving agility.

MediSwitch, the healthcare transaction switching company owned by Altron’s Bytes Technology Group faced the need to upgrade a complex heterogeneous IT environment that was nearing the end of its lifecycle. The company decided to opt for an engineered solution rather than upgrading its infrastructure piecemeal.