STORAGE READY NETWORKS

Dimension Data has a proud history of assisting clients in their need to converge Voice & Video onto the IP Network. In line with this heritage, we are now also helping clients with the next phase of convergence – storage networking.

This new area of convergence is being driven by new technologies such as FCIP and iSCSI as well as the entry into storage area networking by vendors like Cisco.  Dimension Data calls this Storage Ready Networking™ - a single intelligent infrastructure providing data, voice, video and storage, with a common framework for security, QoS and Management.

Storage & Network Convergence Assessment
To assist companies in migrating to a Storage Ready Network™, Dimension Data has developed a Storage & Networking Convergence Assessment. This consulting engagement is an ideal first step for businesses looking to build a single intelligent infrastructure to provide data, voice, video and storage services to the business.

Through a series of questionnaires, interviews, workshops and documentation review, we examine your current storage and networking infrastructure and processes, as well as your future directions. Then, following a workshop covering business and technical issues, we develop a Draft Technical Architecture and Action Plan to assists your company in moving towards a Storage Ready Network™.

This Assessment provides:

• A high level framework and roadmap for your Storage Network;
• A clear understanding of the benefits of convergence for your company; and
• A set of identified changes that is required for convergence between the different groups within your company.