Extensions
Cloudamize extensions program: Monetizing your post-migration hardware
Overview
Congratulations on successfully migrating to the cloud! As you enjoy the benefits of your new environment, you may have a significant amount of unused on-premises hardware.
The Cloudamize Extensions Program connects you with trusted partners who can help you maximize the value of your engagement data. These partnerships provide services and solutions tailored to the specific insights and recommendations from your Cloudamize analysis.
This program ensures that your journey doesn't end with migration; it concludes with a comprehensive, value-driven resolution for all aspects of your former on-premises environment.
Accessing the Extensions Program
The Extensions program is easily accessible directly from your main Cloudamize dashboard:
Log In: Log in to your Cloudamize account https://console.cloudamize.com
Locate the Extensions Tile: Click on the large puzzle piece tile labeled "Extensions" on the right side of the main dashboard. This tile is described as "Extended Capabilities via Cloudamize Partnerships".
Select the Program: On the Extensions page, locate and click the "Relutech" extension, which is typically listed under Data Center Buy-Back Programs, to view your tailored savings and offers.
Extension Focus: Hardware Disposition and Buyback
The Challenge
After moving your workloads to the cloud, excess data center equipment, servers, storage, and networking gear often remain idle. Selling this equipment can be complex and time-consuming, involving appraisal, data sanitization, logistics, and finding a trustworthy buyer.
The Solution: Partnering for Hardware Disposition
Cloudamize connects you with trusted partners who simplify monetizing your surplus hardware. These partners specialize in IT asset disposition (ITAD) and purchasing retired enterprise IT equipment. With the Cloudamize Extension, you can effortlessly convert your decommissioned hardware into capital, ensuring a smooth and profitable final step in your cloud transformation.
Current Partner Highlight: Relutech
Cloudamize has partnered with Relutech for hardware buyback services. Relutech is a leading provider of IT infrastructure solutions that accelerate cloud adoption by unlocking data center value, reducing IT support costs, and streamlining migration. They help enterprises maximize the residual value of retired assets.
How the Relutech Extension Works and Analyzing Your Value
The Relutech Extension is integrated directly into the Cloudamize platform, allowing you to see the financial and environmental benefits derived from your specific migration data.
Total Migration Funding and Support Savings
The dashboard provides a comprehensive view of the total value Relutech brings to your migration:
Upfront Cash Infusion: This is the direct value (cash) you receive from Relutech for the buyback of your retired hardware.
Savings Over Migration Period: This figure represents the estimated operational savings you avoid by retiring the hardware, which can include Maintenance, Support, and Licensing costs (like VMware Support Savings).
Total Migration Funding and Support Savings: This is the sum of the Upfront Cash Infusion and Savings Over Migration Period, representing the full financial benefit realized through this extension.
Detailed Service Breakdown
This section breaks down the savings into specific categories:
Funding and Financial Support (Upfront Cash Infusion): The direct cash payment for your assets.
Hardware Maintenance Savings: Costs you no longer need to pay for maintaining the retired physical hardware.
VMware Support Savings: Costs you no longer need to pay for supporting the discovered VMware hosts and associated software licenses.
Cost of Delay: The potential expense incurred for assets that are kept in the data center past the effective retirement date.
ITAD CO2 Miles & Environmental Impact: This unique metric quantifies the positive environmental impact of responsibly recycling or repurposing your equipment, often measured in equivalent CO2 miles saved.
Data Used by Relutech
The estimates are generated by feeding your actual Cloudamize discovery data into the Relutech proprietary model. The data points used include:
Migration Timeline: The planned duration for completing the migration project.
Physical Servers, Storage, Auxiliary, Networking: Counts of the physical infrastructure components identified by Cloudamize that will be retired.
VMware Servers & Cores per VM Server: Specific details on your virtualization hosts, which drive the maintenance and software support savings estimates.
You can review and adjust these data points directly in the dashboard to ensure the estimates are as accurate as possible.
Key Benefits
Maximized Value: Ensure you receive the best possible return on your retirement assets.
Simplicity: Leverage the data you've already gathered with Cloudamize to expedite the appraisal process.
Security: Trust in certified data sanitization to protect sensitive information.
Sustainability: Contribute to the circular economy by responsibly disposing of your hardware.
Getting Started
To learn more about the Relutech hardware buyback extension and to receive a tailored offer for your post-migration equipment, please click the "Redeem Benefits Now" button in the dashboard or contact your Cloudamize Engagement Manager or Cloudamize Partner.