For example:
Symantec’s Enterprise Vault application is well known as an archiving and compliancy tool and has been in the leader and visionary square of Gartners Magic Quadrant report for some four years running. No mean feat considering the number of rival applications snapping at its heals.

One aspect of this product that is often overlooked as a “nice to have” is the de-duplication ability that is inherent to the file and mail archiving modules. It is often the case that over 30% of storage consumption is simply duplicate copies of files created by users…. (For instance, that 5MB presentation that the sales team keep making small changes to and then emailing out to each other! Every business has the same issue). Clawing this back by implementing an archiving policy helps you also take pressure off your mail & File servers as well as your backup solution. If you can extend the life of these systems by 12months it might just make this years budget workable?

The second aspect is when you are faced with a storage upgrade project that you know is underfunded (since the board made that last budget cut). You can try and limp on with your existing legacy kit and cross your fingers…. Or you can seek out a Vendor that can sell you less physical storage yet still meet your requirements. NetApp are offering exactly this with some fantastic single instancing tools based on their propriety WAFL file system. If your file storage is very duplicated then they are claiming savings of up to 95%. There is a great online tool for predicting the likely savings here…. Give it a try, if you like what you see then contact our NetApp sales team for further advice.

So to summarize:
Deduplication is a hot topic because money is tight and everyone is looking to stretch their budget this year.
If you have existing storage and are running short or are finding that your backups and mail servers are struggling then a good archiving tool with application driven single instancing might be the answer to all your woes.
If you are lucky enough to have some budget to spend on replacing your storage this year then looking at NetApp’s Single Instance technology could well make your investment pay for itself a whole lot faster.

LETN’s professinal services team are assisting our clients with their deduplication needs, if you think you could benefit from this concept then give us a call on 01189070070 we’ll be happy to discuss your requirements and give you an honest opinion on whether the above technology is right for you.

Optimized Data Protection of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Delivers reliable, trusted data protection for the Windows-based business and complete out-of-the-box protection for all open files and basic system recovery.

New Backup Exec Agent for Enterprise Vault™ ensures valuable data archives are backed up and easily recoverable Offers complete data protection and simplified recovery management of Enterprise Vault archives to ensure your business critical data is always available.
Symantec Online Storage™ integration provides a secure, cost-efficient, easy to manage offsite storage location to Symantec Protection Network™
Symantec Online Storage integration through the Backup Exec console allows users to select a secure, offsite backup location as an off-site data protection option or as a replacement to existing tape storage which can become very resource intensive. Symantec Endpoint Protection™ integration proactively backs up critical databases to further protect businesses data from crippling virus outbreaks Customers running Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0 can view their Symantec Endpoint Protection security console through the Backup Exec 12 console and set automated proactive backups based on a specific Symantec ThreatCon level to further protect data from security threats.
Additional Platform Support
• IBM N Series filer support
• Lotus Domino 8 support
• LTO4 hardware encryption support
• New Mac OS X 10.5 support

Off-site Backup Copy
Automatically copy recovery points (backups) to a remote server using FTP or to an external hard drive or network share to enhance your disaster recovery efforts
Symantec ThreatCon Integration Ties directly into Symantec’s global DeepSite ThreatCon infrastructure, enabling system recovery points to be captured immediately in the event of a change in Internet ThreatCon levels.
Granular Restore Option
• This option lets you recover mailboxes, folders, messages, and attachments easily from your Microsoft Exchange environment without requiring mailbox backups
• It also allows you to recover documents from your Microsoft SharePoint Server, and it provides a convenient interface for searching for and recovering lost files or folders from multiple recovery points at the same time
Windows Server 2008 Support
Support for Microsoft’s latest server Operating System, including Restore Anyware™ technology for dissimilar hardware and P2V restoration.
Granular Recovery for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
Recover entire systems containing Exchange 2007 databases or individual mail messages, folders or entire .pst files from a single pass backup of Exchange 2007.
Multi-TB Recovery Points
Create Recovery Points for systems up to 16 TBs in size.
USB Drive Identification
Backup Exec System Recovery intelligently and uniquely communicates to USB drives and will run backup jobs to the given device, even if the drive letter changes.

NetApp have the best storage technology solution on the market which will allow us to continue developing forward looking innovative solutions for our clients.

We are already showing clients large savings by using the inherent NetApp “deduplication” and “SnapShot” features and are working with a number of clients who require disaster recovery solutions which will make use of the excellent range of NetApp software .

The storage virtualization capability of the NetApp product range greatly compliments our existing VM Ware offering and will allow LETN to deliver consolidation for our clients entire infrastructure as well as driving up the utilization rate and return on investment.

The next few years will see many businesses looking to reduce their IT foot print and make better use of the IT infrastructure that they purchase, NetApp technology is going to be a key design component in helping to achieve our client’s goals.

If you would like to learn more about how NetApp products can help you reduce your IT spend going forward or solve your business continuity / Disaster Recovery demands then please call our sales team on 01189070070 (option 1).

“There has been overwhelming customer demand for SAP and VMware solutions. Support of SAP solutions on VMware ESX Server means customers can extend the numerous benefits of infrastructure virtualization to the business-critical and functionally rich SAP solutions in their IT environments,” said Brian Byun, vice president of global partners and solutions at VMware. “This support reflects the increasingly productive relationship between SAP and VMware, and it provides a sought-after solution for customers looking to combine the powerful process management capabilities of SAP solutions with the robust data center management and cost-saving features of VMware Infrastructure.”

SAP solutions enable organizations of all sizes to manage business-critical processes using an enterprise service-oriented architecture (enterprise SOA) to quickly translate customer signals into operational response, respond faster to business and market changes, and provide built-in application integration. Customers who rely on SAP solutions to keep their businesses moving forward can deploy VMware ESX Server with SAP support for all stages of the software lifecycle from development and test to production.

VMware Infrastructure allows customers to turn industry-standard hardware into OS- and hardware-agnostic enterprise-class virtual infrastructure where entire server, storage and network farms can be managed as a shared utility and dynamically allocated to different business units or projects. This gives IT decision makers the ability to combat the continually escalating data center infrastructure and administrative costs incurred from hardware acquisition, management, power and cooling, real estate and disaster recovery; transform IT service levels; and simplify and automate their IT infrastructure.

“VMware Infrastructure has many benefits for hosted environments,” said Benno Weidmann, vice president of hosting infrastructure management at SAP Hosting. “We’ve been able to automate internal business processes and increase service levels to internal customers. In addition, we have reduced costs with consolidation and automation of system deployment, as well as greatly reduced the required hardware for internal training and development systems. Altogether, virtualization helps us to lower costs, develop and automate user services, better manage hardware and software lifecycles, and improve production and capacity planning across a
more unified infrastructure.”

Customers that have been using VMware ESX Server with SAP solutions are successfully leveraging the benefits of virtualization for mission-critical SAP workloads. Support from SAP will enable customers to further extend the value of running SAP solutions on their virtualized infrastructures.

By supporting its applications in production environments running on VMware ESX Server, SAP enables its customers to capitalize on the robust benefits of infrastructure virtualization, including:

• Improved data center automation and management: Customers can more easily manage IT resources to boost performance of mission-critical SAP solution-based workloads
• Business continuity and data protection: VMware Infrastructure reduces downtime by automatically restarting virtual machines on different physical servers in the event of hardware failure, and the suite provides cost-effective, hardware-independent disaster recovery
• Reduced server sprawl: Customers can run SAP application layers in virtual machines that are consolidated onto fewer, highly scalable and reliable enterprise servers, enabling a smaller data-center footprint and lowering hardware costs

• Quick and easy server provisioning: New virtualized servers can be provisioned and new SAP solution-based environments can be set up in minutes instead of the hours or days it can take to acquire and set up new hardware

Universal remote control for IT
Intel® Core™2 processor with vPro™ technology combines Intel Core 2 processor performance with security and manageability built right onto the chip. Intel® vPro technology is Intel’s latest technology optimized for business, allowing you to reduce desk-side visits by remotely monitoring, diagnosing, and repairing PCs and notebooks even if they are off or if the OS is unresponsive.

The power of remote management and security features
Increase uptime, reduce costly desk-side visits, and free yourself to focus on more strategic IT initiatives. With Intel Centrino with vPro technology, LETN can remotely monitor, diagnose, and repair PCs over the network, even if a system’s OS is inoperable or it is powered off. Enabled by the built-in manageability features of Intel vPro technology, these laptops are equipped to protect your PC while in the office or on the go.

Technology that improves your bottom line
Productivity is critical to business success, no matter what business you’re in. With PCs built with Intel vPro technology, LETN can work more efficiently and remotely, allowing employees to be more productive with less PC “downtime.”

How can I find this Technology?

LETN Solutions are proud to offer the HP DC7800 Corporate Flag Ship Model. As part of the new HP portfolio the DC7800 comes with VPro Technology built in.

Optimisation & Consolidation
LETN’s Optimisation and Consolidation Seminar is designed to help you manage your IT better, so IT delivers more. Optimise storage space, server performance and service levels.
Learn about the industry-leading archiving solution: Symantec Enterprise Vault and the versatile blade server Solution: HP C Class Blades.
After the seminar we will be holding individual workshops for you to discuss with our consultants how you might use this technology to solve your individual business issues.

Symantec Enterprise Vault

Symantec’s Enterprise Vault from LETN helps you avoid potentially damaging data loss while boosting
server performance and recovery levels. This policy-based archiving solution optimises your storage so
Improve server performance: Automatically archive content from expensive primary
storage to lower-cost backline storage.
Save space: With Single Instance Storage and data compression.
Improve security, backup, recovery and control: Bring PST files into an archive your
organisation can use.

HP’s C Class Blade Servers

Virtual Connect architecture: Wire once, then add, replace or recover blades on the fly, without impacting networks and storage or creating extra steps.
Insight Control management: Simple software package provides all the tools to streamline operations and increase administrator productivity up to tenfold.
Onboard Administrator: Wizards get you up and running fast and are paired with useful tools to simplify daily tasks, warn of potential issues and assist you with repairs.
Power & Cooling Effcient: Learn about the savings that can be achieved by consolidation your DataCentre Servers.

Book your place on our Seminar Today Click Here – or call 01189070070
Please include your name, company name and contact number if you email us.

The recently introduced, versatile, BladeSystem c3000 built uniquely for small sites to deliver big business results or the c7000 for larger Enterprise Datacenters.

c3000 enclosre
BL460/BL465×4
BL480×2
BL680/BL685×2

c7000 enclosure
BL460/BL465 x8
BL480×4
BL680/BL685×4
The full list of qualifying servers, enclosures and start-up services is available from your account manager Call 01189070070.

Why HP BladeSystem

This promotion ends on the 30th of November….. act quickly to make your saving!!

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If you want to know more about this or other HP equipment call LETN today, your Preferred HP Partner for 2007…

Using a combination of HP’s new C3000 Blade enclosure, Blade Storage and the new Blade Tape drive it is possible to build a self contained resilient hardware solution that is cheap to run, requires minimal space and has all the pre-failure warranty and management features that you would expect an enterprise level solution to contain.

If we then introduce VM Ware we also have an excellant business continuity solution and the ability to replicate the regional servers and their data back to your HQ where they can become part of your central backup solution.

To find out more about this technology and how it can save you money in administration, hardware costs and provide cost effective business continuity.

LETN Sales – 01189070070 and hit option one

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In short businesses of all sizes are being forced to take a serious look at their reliance on technology, asking questions like what happens if the office isn’t here tomorrow? or is here but under three feet of water? how long will our clients wait for us to recover before they look elsewhere?

LETN have developed a solution that scales with our wide variety of clients, providing a cost effective platform which we can securely replicate your critical business systems to. In the event you suffer a disaster we publish your systems securely via Cisco Virtual Private Network connections so your employees can access them from home or a temporary office. Your business is back up and running in a few hours and continues to trade while you recover.

For more information Click Here or call 01189070070 and hit option one.

LETN’s Service Delivery Manger states the facts as they are today below…

“Being responsible for the day to day running of our managed service customers critical systems we do not recommend change lightly. It was therefore a must for LETN to rigorously test the virtualization concept with some of our customers that hit their hardware hard on a regular basis.
At first glance there are savings to be made with consolidation (something for the FD to smile about) by running more “virtual” servers on a single physical server. This has some obvious benefits in utilization (your money works harder) space, power and heat reduction. There is an argument that it is unwise to put all your eggs in one basket but our tests show that by virtualizing critical servers we are able to make them very portable(see LETN’s RDRS service for more information on this).
Failed hardware no longer means a time consuming server rebuild from scratch with lengthy tape restores, a replacement server can be loaded with VM Ware very quickly and the backup copy of the Virtual Server simply pushed back and restarted. The Enterprise version of ESX Server from VM Ware has some High Availability features that allows for this to be automated when multiple physical servers are present effectively delivering cheap business continuity.
All of the benefits we have demonstrated in our tests also appear to be very scalable with strong arguments for SME’s and large Corporate’s alike. The SME benefits from cost effective use of their hardware and a cheap business continuity solution. For businesses with large server estates the savings can quickly scale up into some very attractive numbers, especially since Collocation space and power is rising in cost so quickly.
To summarize, I can see that pretty much every business will see some benefit from virtualization, with some reaping large cost savings, others implementing cost effective business continuity or a blend of both. It is therefore something that should be on the agenda for everyone’s 2008 budgets.”

For more information on virtualization or to discuss whether it is right for you business contact LETN presales on 01189070070 and hit option one.

What is it?
A BladeSystem enclosure consolidates the moving parts of a traditional infrastructure – cables, power supplies and fans, networking, redundancy and more – making the whole infrastructure easier to manage.

The HP BladeSystem c3000 is built exclusively for small businesses with big computing and data protection needs. It is a smaller versatile design of the c7000 and is ideal for small sites like business offices or branch locations that only need four to eight servers, storage blades or integrity blades at a time.

When is the c3000 the right choice?

• If you only need 3 to 8 servers or storage components at a time
• If your server room only supports low-line outlets, 110v for example

• If your server room has limited air conditioning

  What’s in it for your budget?
  The HP BladeSystem c-Class has set the blade standard. The c3000 enclosure is simply a better fit for smaller environments. Some of the benefits are:

• Reduced Costs…
• Simplification…
• Future Growth…

• Application availability…

802.11n builds upon previous 802.11 standards by adding MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output). MIMO uses multiple transmitter and receiver antennas to allow for increased data throughput through spatial multiplexing and increased range by exploiting the spatial diversity, perhaps through coding schemes like Alamouti coding.

On May 2, 2006, the IEEE 802.11 Working Group voted not to forward Draft 1.0 of the proposed 802.11n standard for a sponsor ballot. Only 46.6% voted to accept the proposal. To proceed to the next step in the IEEE process, a majority vote of 75% is required. This letter ballot also generated approximately 12000 comments—much more than anticipated.

According to the IEEE 802.11 Working Group Project Timelines, the 802.11n standard is not due for final approval until July 2007.

• Work together to get things done: New Collaborative Remote Management enables up to four administrators at once to work together to fix problems from any location. It’s a faster way to setup, troubleshoot and make repairs using the total knowledge of a team.
• Grow capacity and still save power: The new HP iLO Power Management Pack combines accurate measurement with smart power regulation and capping to support up to 40% more blades or servers per rack.

• Proactive service and support: All HP Insight Control suites and HP ProLiant Essentials software now include one year of 24×7 Software Technical Support and Update services.

  And there are even more big things for BladeSystem customers!

• Virtual Machine Management now built-in: Perfect to simplify a virtual blade environment and control servers and virtual servers together.
• High-speed,10Gb Networking: A new 10Gb Ethernet switch and multi-function network adapters mean customers can put high-performance 10Gb networks to work for their business.
• Removing barriers to blades: With the new HP PCI Expansion Blade, HP server blades support PCI cards just like other HP ProLiant servers.

• A bigger, brighter display: The LCD Insight Display module on each BladeSystem is now bigger and brighter so it’s easier to use and offers a better viewing angle.

  Contact our Sales Team on 01189070071 to discuss your Blade system or Storage requirements

  
  

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