Symantec Netbackup™ Services: Maximize Returns From Your Technology Investment
Symantec Netbackup™ Services: Maximize Returns From Your Technology Investment
Do you plan to use your own staff to handle deployment, configuration and ongoing administration? Would you like expert assistance with integration, optimization, and change management? Would you like Symantec experts to join your staff to help with daily operations and knowledge transfer? Would you like to out-task this area to Symantec under a customized Service Level Agreement?
Rapid data growth, shrinking backup windows, data security, remote office data protectionthese are just a few of the many challenges todays backup and recovery specialists must address. Symantec NetBackup simplifies the protection of your information driven enterprise by automating advanced technologies and standardizing operations across applications, platforms, and virtual environments. But to get the most from your investment in NetBackup, youll want to deploy quickly, integrate effectively with your existing operations, and operate your environment with maximum efficiency and minimum risk. The 4,000 men and women of Symantec Services can help. Nobody knows NetBackup better.
Symantec Consulting Services Symantecs highly skilled consultants leverage best practices from thousands of engagements to accelerate rollouts, minimize deployment risk, and help customers achieve high levels of operational efficiency. Our specialists work closely with your team to understand your operational models as well as your technology environment. In addition to designing and deploying highly reliable NetBackup environments, we can help you optimize processes, manage change, integrate with management systems, and customize reporting for your unique needs. Specific service offerings include: Upgrade to NetBackup 7.0reviews your existing infrastructure to identify and implement the required changes, allowing you to leverage NetBackup 7 functionality immediately. Assessmentdetermines the optimal blend of NetBackup technologies Implementationincludes design, deployment, testing, and operational handover Migrationconverts existing backup and recovery solutions to NetBackup
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DHL, a major express shipping company, regularly engages Symantec Services for consulting and technical support. Select results include a reduction in backup failure rates from an average of 20 percent to less than 1 percent, more than 99.9 percent availability for business-critical applications, and clustering that is saving hundreds of thousands of dollars through cost avoidance.
Symantec Residency and Managed Services When resources are limited, assistance from a qualified third party for an extended period of time enables you to focus existing staff on projects that drive strategic advantage. Symantec Residency Services are ideal for organizations that want to fill key project roles with specialized skills that are difficult to maintain in-house. Our trained experts can augment the capabilities of your staff at a variety of levels: Executive Residencyprovides seasoned leadership to manage major NetBackup initiatives, guide operations, or fill critical personnel gaps at the level of a CTO, CIO, or Head of Operations
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Symantec Education Services According to a recent IDC study1, well-trained teams are able to complete backup jobs without failure 60% more often than teams with little or no training. Symantec Education Services helps customers learn to use advanced NetBackup features and avoid common pitfalls through technical training and best practices education. Courses are available through a range of flexible delivery models including classroom (a Symantec classroom or your site), live online, and self-paced training. Specific offerings include:
Education Services Length
Symantec NetBackup 7.0 for UNIX, Windows or Linux: 5 days Administration Upgrading to Symantec NetBackup 7.0 for UNIX and Windows 2 days Symantec NetBackup 6.5 for Solaris, Windows or HP-UX: 5 days Administration Symantec NetBackup 6.5 for Oracle for Solaris 5 days Symantec NetBackup 6.x Troubleshooting Techniques for 3 days Solaris or Windows Symantec NetBackup 6.x Bare Metal Restore 3 days Symantec NetBackup PureDisk 6.6 Administration 3 days Symantec NetBackup 6.5 Vault 2 days Symantec eLibrary one-year subscription
"[Symantec Consulting Services] came in and simplified the backup architecture we have in place, saving us licensing costs... We have a Symantec backup expert on staff giving our team a valuable knowledge transfer. " G V Gopalakrishnan EVP for IT, HDFC Bank
With training and product usage experience, staff can become certified on NetBackup through the Symantec Certification Program.
Achieve success with the right support plan Most organizations now depend on IT to run core business operations. Reduce exposure to IT risk by keeping NetBackup fully functional and up-to-date. Choose the plan that best matches your needs for rapid access to technical expertise: Business Critical Servicespersonalized, proactive support coordinated by a single point of contact and featuring Symantecs highest level of response
1. Cushing Anderson, Information Security and Availability: The Impact of Training on IT Organizational Performance
(Framingham, MA: International Data Corporation. White Paper #206922. June, 2007)
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"If our system should ever go down, the loss to our business would be tremendous. We depend on Symantec Support Services to keep us up and running. And Symantec has delivered. " Mr. He DanTao Chief Information Officer Suning Appliance
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