2) Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions:
Enterprise Infrastructure is responsible for information acquisition, generation, analysis and reporting. Since business needs of information keep changing with times, the entire supporting infrastructure that deals with information needs to be dynamic enough to adapt to the changing requirements. Hence we need to look beyond the hardware devices such as servers, storage devices, backup devices and the likes and focus on inducting virtualization, consolidation and automation within our existing infrastructure as well as plan new purchases based on these new parameters.
2a) Server Consolidation :
Server proliferation throughout datacenters is the cause for rising concern among CIOs and CTOs. In addition to the pain of managing more servers, it essentially also means added energy costs as well as added prime real estate costs. Worldwide estimates state that the total cost of ownership of one server actually grows three to five times over a span of three years. Server consolidation is a permanent solution for delivering better resource management, reducing number of servers, reducing energy bills for power and cooling, reducing maintenance costs, increasing availability, elimination of planned downtimes, mitigating riSmartlines related to unplanned downtimes and security hazards, reducing space requirements all ultimately resulting in lower costs and increased benefits.
At SMARTLINE International, we deliver a wide array of server consolidation solutions based on
- Virtualization Solutions from VMWare, Sun, RedHat, Microsoft, Citrix and Oracle
- Blade infrastructure from HP and Sun
- Enterprise class vertically scalable servers from HP and Sun
A comprehensive server consolidation solution from SMARTLINE encompasses existing infrastructure analysis, load patterns and projections, sizing the hardware and the network, designing the entire solution, component selection, supply of the components, project implementation and post implementation SLA based support.
2b)Storage Solutions:
With the explosion of the internet, business models have undergone a dramatic change. Number of applications that can leverage new technologies have spiraled and the data generated, processed and maintained by these applications has gone along the exponential curve. As businesses have become more and more information centric, fundamental changes are demanded in the ways in which we store, manage and protect data. These demands can be met comprehensively by deploying an enterprise wide storage and information management strategy. Such an all pervasive strategy would deliver control over the information, control over cost of managing data explosion, lay the foundation of a sound availability strategy, increase utilization levels, increase performance, enable SLA based chargebacks and ensure information security.
We, at SMARTLINE deliver comprehensive Storage Consolidation Solutions based on technologies from EMC, HP, Sun and Symantec. Our solution delivery cycle encompasses a complete file system audit, information storage survey and reporting, growth pattern and trend establishment, data classification and tiering, sizing of the storage hardware and software, component selection, implementation of compliance related policies, integration of the entire solution and post implementation SLA based support. Virtualization Consolidation being the key for getting the most out of compute and storage assets, virtualization of these assets becomes of paramount importance. In simpler terms it allows us to pool all the compute and storage resources and allocate parts of the pooled resources to business applications as per the dynamics of the business. Virtualization greatly enhances the value of IT to the business by becoming a strategic asset to the business rather than being only an enabler for the business. A virtualized datacenter provides the business unmatched flexibility to adapt to changing business needs, dynamic resource provisioning, increase in overall system availability, quick and seamless application distribution and maintenance and helps in achieving a faster ROI.
SMARTLINE has strong associations with leading technology partners such as VmWare, Citrix, Oracle, Microsoft, EMC, Symantec, Brocade, Cisco and HP to deliver world class comprehensive virtualization solutions. Our virtualization solutions are shaped and delivered by our experts by following a highly specialized solution design lifecycle involving understanding of IT asset, establishing utilization patterns for compute, storage and network resources, understanding the applications and their relationship with the business, scoping business growth and projections, studying the impacts of changes in business and technology environment, sizing and designing of the solution, component selection, comprehensive integration of the solution, and post implementation SLA based support.
2c) Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity :
As business becomes increasingly dependent on information and the technologies to store and process that information, the financial and other riSmartlines associated with data or application unavailability are increasing like never before. A few minutes of outage has the potential to wipe off millions of dollars, lose thousands of customers, invite billions worth of lawsuits and total loss of repute. The ability of a business to recover from a disaster or better still continue despite a disaster is the ultimate test of IT resilience.
SMARTLINE International delivers comprehensive DR and BC solutions based on various technologies such as EMC, Symantec, HP, Sun, Cisco, Oracle and Microsoft. Our business resilience consultants run your entire IT setup through a comprehensive analysis including business value of each application, RPO and RTO needed by each strategic business unit, designing of a solution, evolution and implementation of an incident management strategy, and post implementation SLA based support.
2d) Enterprise Backup and Archive:
As business becomes increasingly information centric, value of data is spiraling upwards. RiSmartlines associated with data loss and the probabilities of such loss are increasing like never before for a myriad of reasons including IT complexity, lack of sufficient controls, security breaches, sabotage and so on. Worldwide statistics suggest that the impact of a data loss is worth the square of the intrinsic value of that data. In such situations, backup of data becomes one of the most critical elements. And to make the situations worse, the time available for backup keeps reducing all the time due to both increase in data and the increasing global nature of business. This is where an efficient backup and archival solution helps in reducing the backup windows, reducing cost of backup, increasing reliability of the backup and ensuring regulatory compliances.
SMARTLINE International delivers the best of class comprehensive backup and archival solutions revolving around leading edge technologies from EMC, Symantec, HP and Sun. Our solution architects go through a detailed drill starting with advisory services for backup, information audit and classification, evolving backup policies, sizing the backup solution, component selection, implementation of the solution and post implementation SLA based support.
2e)Regulatory Compliance :
With businesses becoming increasingly information centric, the value of data is growing exponentially. While technology provides the cutting edge to business like never before, the flip side of the same technology is the increased threats of misuse of the information. Since data is the most malleable element in the entire business process, tweaking with data for various motives becomes seductively appealing. And availability of technology makes the goal even more attainable. For ensuring authenticity of data and protecting credibility of businesses, organizations world over have developed a set of regulatory compliance norms. Many businesses require a strict compliance to these regulatory guidelines.
SMARTLINE makes it surprisingly easy to introduce compliance policies in your existing IT infrastructure. We deliver compliance related solutions using various leading technologies such as RSA, EMC, HP, Symantec, Cisco and others. We assist in understanding the regulatory norms as applicable to your businesses and help in ushering compliances practices as required. Needless to say, SMARTLINE provides a comprehensive solution from designing to implementation to post implementation SLA based support.
