Consultancy
We offer complete IT-lifecycle management from concept to design and implementation, post implementation support and troubleshooting services including EOSL support. We specialise in strategic consulting and business case planning including strategy review, IT audit, business IT alignment, cost saving assessment and compliance. We supply new and refurbished systems and options from multi-vendors such as HP, Dell, Lenovo, Cisco, Netapp, IBM, StorageCraft and SonicWall.
Health Configuration
Health & Performance Checks
Report on performance of select server and storage
ICC service (resiliency, best practice, recommendations, environment considerations)
Audit service
Configuration Services
Soft installation, soft configuration, soft best practices. OS, server, storage, infrastructure.
Examples:
Configure storage array into LUNs
Configure OS for best practice
Virtualise an estate
Configure HCI solution
Add logical resiliency to an estate
Configure SAN/ether switches
Install
New Hardware/HCI Install
Rack and stack
Initialisation
Base configuration
O/S Installation
Virtualisation
Storage configuration
Storage presentation
Data migration
Up to 50% reduction against vendor pricing. Security cleared and vendor certified engineers.
Refurbished Hardware Installation
Low-price refurbished hardware
Pre-sales advice
Installation plan
Infrastructure and SAN implementation and configuration
Server OS and virtualisation build
Storage configuration and data migration
Migrate & Update
Migration Examples
Migrate data to new storage
Migrate to the cloud
Migrate to new OS
Virtualise environment
Install and configure pre-migration backup
Upgrade Examples
Storage array:
additional disks, firmware*, storage migration
Server:
CPU/Memory / 10 cards, OS, Virtualisation
Infrastructure:
SAN switching, 10 upgrade and speed upgrade, Ether switching, speed upgrade / hardware refresh/connectivity type
*firmware may have vendor restrictions
Professional Services Levels
Health-check – Performance testing – System configuration – Hardware installation – System migration – Upgrades-POC testing
ICC Level 1
Engineers
Our vendor accredited entry level engineers, available for:
Hardware
Auditing
Secondary assistance
ICC Level 2
Senior Engineers
Mostly ex-vendor SC cleared service engineers, available for:
Firmware and hardware upgrades
SAN install and test
Entry/mid-level OS configuration
ICC Level 3
Professional Services Team
Our senior technical specialists, available for:
SAN (planning, switch zoning, configuration)
Performance testing and reporting
Data migration (HPUX, Solaris, AIX, Linus, Windows)VMS
Virtualisation (VMware, Hyper-V, OS virtualisation)
Network design, install, configure
Site consultancy and infrastructure advice