Why a methodical, low-risk approach makes sense
Most infrastructure teams know which clusters carry the heaviest loads, where the technical debt sits and which systems make everyone nervous during patch windows. They don’t, however, have enough time to address these issues. Amid escalating cybersecurity initiatives, evolving cloud strategies and demanding transformation programs, deep-dive optimization reviews keep getting postponed.
The reality is that improving an IT environment while keeping it steady requires focus – and focus requires capacity.
Furthermore, optimization should feel controlled, deliberate and reversible, if needed.
This is why NTT DATA approaches VMware optimization both collaboratively and pragmatically. The objective is clarity: What do you have? What do you use? What should evolve?
Our Waveplan framework brings structure to this process in three ways:
- Discovery and assessment
We build a clear picture of workloads,…




