Systems Development: Design, Implementation, Maintenance, and Review - Principles of Information Systems - page 553

Figure 13.10

Hardware acquisition

Typical Steps in Systems
Implementation

Software acquisition

User preparation

Personnel: hiring and training

Site preparation

Data preparation

Installation

Testing

Start-up

User acceptance

Computer dealers, such as Best
Buy, manufacture build-to-order
computer systems and sell
computers and supplies from other
vendors.
(Source: © Justin Sullivan/Getty
Images.)

As mentioned earlier, organizations often consider virtual machines, such as servers, in
acquiring hardware. 40 Tellabs, for example, acquired virtualized Dell PowerEdge Servers for
its operations. 41 According to a Tellabs representative, “In the past, we had been loading
many of our servers with just one application, and their utilization rates were commonly
25 percent or less. We knew virtualization technology had evolved to where it could really
help us consolidate.”