Let Kanatek provide a proactive, 3rd party independent review to validate potential issues, find inefficiencies and make recommendations to improve performance, streamline and reduce costs.

Today’s IT has changed and IT professionals are facing more and more pressure to do more with less. IDC and Gardner report that IT departments are facing the ongoing challenge of:

• IT operating budget cuts between 30%-70%
• IT resource constraints
• Unprecedented data growth of, on average, 70% per year

The need for data management continues to grow as organizations are demanding cost effective IT systems and a data management strategy that closely aligns with corporate strategic direction. IT must focus on development initiatives as new technologies and expectations towards availability continue to create new challenges. With so many factors influencing IT – Where do you start?

Kanatek Assessments.

Direct Business Value

A Kanatek Data Storage Assessment is a professional service engagement used to develop a tactical and strategic plan to managing your data growth. Kanatek will enable you to:

• Maximize your existing investment value
• Reduce operational and infrastructure costs
• Spend less time on legacy issues and more time on core or proprietary applications
• Recieve clear metrics in documenting the health of data management environments

Deliverables 

Assessment Scope Definition
Our Data Management Specialists will meet with your team to define your specific goals and objectives from the Assessment. The scope could include all or one of the following; the evaluation of policy, process, operations and server and storage infrastructure.

Data Collection and Analysis
Our Data Management Specialists will collaborate with your team to collect and analyze required data as agreed to in the requirements definition phase; using infrastructure data collection and staff interviews.

Findings and Recommendation;
Our team will present to you our findings in a detailed report, along with any technical and operational recommendations for improvement.

Service Options

Kanatek offers Assessment services in a variety of disaplines:

• Symantec Enterprise Vault Environments
• Symantec NetBackup Environments
• Symantec Backup Exec Environments
• Server and Storage

Our Approach

Data Management is not to be addressed in silos; backup & recovery, archiving and storage systems have a direct impact on other areas within IT and the business functions they support. To properly execute your data management strategy, it is important to take a systematic approach to ensure your solutions are deployed and optimized in a way that allows you to meet the data management requirements of today and tomorrow.

At Kanatek we maximize our service value by engaging a team of employees that encompass end-to-end capabilities when dealing with your data. Our team approach allows us to share knowledge and best practices across our service and support teams providing a one-stop for your data management needs.

Data Management should be proactive, not reactive - Kanatek Assessments can help you act accordingly. Contact us and ask us about how a Kanatek Assessment can help you.