It can be undertaken as a simple exercise in rationalisation, such as redistributing servers and applications to replace a complex constellation with a centralised model. But its appeal has more to do with its utility in addressing several different business problems. For example, consider the following three scenarios, which show the various reasons to consider server consolidation. Firstly, an established company takes on a new IT director. One of his first tasks is to establish what applications are running, and which departments own them.
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