If you are paying too much for your Symantec renewal quotes, this is the programme for you.

1. Who will it benefit?

• You have an investment in your current backup infrastructure

• There is an annual maintenance bill to pay that you must budget for

• You may be thinking about updating your backup infrastructure

• How about if you could refresh your infrastructure, and cut your maintenance costs over 3 years in half?  Typically, this means that your investment is returned in 18 months.

Example:
Symantec renewal - 10K
Customer pays 15K to EMC, and can download (10 x 5) 50K worth of licences over 3 years.  This will also include support for 3 years at no extra cost.  If you wish to purchase more licences, there is an accelerator as well giving added benefits, please ask for more details.

So, there will be an initial spend of 15K this year and no further expense for another 2 years, while in comparison you will have to pay 30K to Symantec over that same time.  This is compelling for people that have grown out of their BackupExec environment and want to move to a more Enterprise product.

If you opt to impliment something like the EMC Networker Fast Start Bundle, you will be able to back up most of your environment with 10K and have an additional £40,000 worth of licensing remaining to spend.

Networker Trade in:
We are also offering Networker licence buy back.  If your organisation has moved to a more virtual environment for example, and are no longer using a number of Legato licences, you will be able to trade those in and get a 50% credit on the purchase of new licences.  Please note: There is a cut off of a minimum spend of £15,000 to qualify for this promotion.

2. What to do now?

You

• Provide us evidence of your current annual maintenance costs

• Provide an order to the minimum value of 18 months maintenance

• Sign the Volume Software License Agreement (VSLA)

We

• Provide a package that includes 3 years maintenance, training, and consultancy

• Enable you to order any Networker or Avamar software up to a predetermined value

• Allow you to call off the software you need whenever you need it

Your ‘credit limit’ calculation

• Based on list prices of Networker software

• 5 x current annual maintenance cost PLUS

• 2 x the incremental value of your order over and above the minimum

To help you with example calculations we have provided a ‘Comp Swap Calculator’. Tab 1 will help you calculate the value of Networker Licenses you will receive if you are a Symantec customer, Tab 2 will help you determine the amount you get to spend on licenses if you are and existing Networker user, and finally Tab 3 is the latest Networker License prices list, this will help you determine the type of Licenses you require at list price.  (Or you can call us on 01761 437203 or Contact us and we can talk you through it)

*Offer closes 19Th December 2008

Comp Swap Calculator

Power Point Presentation of Promotion

Tokyo, SANTA CLARA, CALIF. October 13, 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) and Fujitsu Limited (TSE: 6702) today announced the SPARC Enterprise T5440 server, the first server to deliver the scalability and reliability of traditional midrange systems with the breakthrough performance and radical energy efficiency of the UltraSPARC T2 Plus architecture. More information on the SPARC Enterprise T5440 server is available at http://www.sun.com/T5440 and http://www.fujitsu.com/sparcenterprise, or found here at 101 Data Solutions .

While competitive systems from IBM and HP cost as much as 80 percent more or deliver as little as 1/4 the performance, the SPARC Enterprise T5440 server with the Solaris 10 Operating System (OS) delivers world record performance and enables customers to consolidate and virtualize midrange applications, including large scale OLTP databases, CRM and ERP. In a compact 4U package, the SPARC Enterprise T5440 server increases server utilization while reducing energy consumption and lowering operating costs. Additionally, the SPARC Enterprise T5440 server is the first chip multi-threaded (CMT) server to scale up to four processors.

“Sun is dramatically changing IT economics and delivering enormous value to the midrange market that could not come at a more critical time,” said John Fowler, executive vice president, Systems Group, Sun Microsystems. “The Solaris-based SPARC Enterprise T5440 server offers incredible performance on a completely different curve in a footprint that’s half the size of the competition. For customers, it all comes down to faster, smaller, greener, better. And with the built-in virtualization of Solaris, they can save even more.”

“The new SPARC Enterprise server delivers the vast scalability of 256 compute threads in just a four RU chassis,” said Masami Yamamoto, corporate senior vice president of Fujitsu. “With the addition of the SPARC Enterprise T5440 server, we will be able to further address the needs of customers who are looking to enhance the performance of their datacenters while gaining the benefits of energy efficiency, consolidation and virtualization.”

ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENGINEERED FROM THE GROUND UP; OPEN SOURCE, NO-COST VIRTUALIZATION BUILT-IN

The SPARC Enterprise T5440 server, with up to 32 cores (256 threads) and 512 GB of memory, is one of the first systems to incorporate unique power management features including the ability to park idle threads. The server also features Intelligent Fan Control (IFC) which adjusts rotational fan speed according to changes in temperature thereby reducing power consumption. Running fans at lower speeds saves significant amounts of energy, and also reduces noise and vibration which helps extend component life. An additional design element that maximizes power savings is dividing the chassis and fans into cooling zones which allow a response only from those fans needed to compensate for changes in temperature. The SPARC Enterprise T5440 server also features a redesigned power distribution subsystem with highly efficient digital regulators which reduce wasted energy over previous analog designs.

With built-in, open source, no-cost virtualization via Solaris Containers and Logical Domains (LDoms), the SPARC Enterprise T5440 server is an ideal platform for consolidating hundreds of existing enterprise class workloads onto a single system. Additionally, for existing Solaris customers, the Solaris 8 and 9 Containers capability enables customers to run multiple Solaris 8 or 9 environments on a single SPARC-based system. As a result, customers can quickly and easily move existing physical environments to virtual containers on Solaris 10 and take advantage of the performance, scale and cost savings of new SPARC Enterprise CMT-based servers today. Solaris 10 10/08, to be released later in October, also enables improved virtualization performance and includes an enhanced Solaris ZFS file system which offers increased data integrity and a fully integrated disaster recovery capability to help ensure business continuity.

SPARC ENTERPRISE T5440: IBM AND HP CAN’T STACK UP

The SPARC Enterprise T5440 server packs up to four processors into a four RU enclosure weighing 88 pounds (40kg) and typically consumes just 1,575 watts of power. Based on an industry-standard Java Business benchmark result published on SPARC Enterprise T5440 server, customers can reduce acquisition costs and still get better performance than the new eight processor IBM Power 560 Express system, which takes twice the amount of physical space, weighs twice as much and consumes 26 percent more power.(1)

The SPARC Enterprise T5440 server also offers massive I/O performance and expandability with up to 10GB/s of raw I/O bandwidth. With the addition of the optional External I/O Expansion unit, the number of I/O slots available to SPARC Enterprise T5440 server can be expanded to support up to 28 PCI-E slots, yielding 2.5x more slots than the competing quad socket HP rx6600 server. More food for thought on the SPARC Enterprise T5440 versus the competition is available at http://www.sun.com/proprietary6 and http://www.fujitsu.com/sparcenterprise/.

SPARC ENTERPRISE T5440 DELIVERS WORLD RECORD PERFORMANCE ON KEY ENTERPRISE BENCHMARKS; CUSTOMERS AND ISVs APPLAUD THE SPARC ENTERPRISE T5440 SERVER

The SPARC Enterprise T5440 proves its mettle with world record performance on seven benchmarks including the best four processor result on two-tier SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark (2), Oracle’s Siebel CRM Release 8.0 Platform Sizing and Performance Program (PSPP), and single node SPECjAppServer2004 (4). Full details on the SPARC Enterprise T5440 server’s record setting performance are available at: http://www.sun.com/coolthreads/benchmarks and http://www.fujitsu.com/sparcenterprise/.

Customers and ISVs are also speaking out on the performance, energy efficiency and value of the SPARC Enterprise T5440 server.

“We ran extensive testing on the SPARC Enterprise T5440 server running Oracle databases and it’s been truly amazing,” said Xin Wang, director of the BOSS operations department at China Mobile. “We were able to double our performance on the 4RU SPARC Enterprise T5440 server compared to our existing 40RU, 64 CPU system and also cut CPU utilization by over 50 percent. We have never seen so much mid-range computing power in such a small box while also dramatically reducing space and power consumption.”

“The new quad-socket Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server running the Solaris OS has proven itself to be an outstanding midrange server platform for the most demanding Siebel CRM implementations,” said George Jacob, group vice president for CRM Applications at Oracle. “Achieving a world record with 14,000 Siebel CRM benchmark users on the Siebel CRM Platform Sizing and Performance Program benchmark is a clear indicator Siebel CRM customers will benefit from the performance, scalability, energy and space efficiency of this new CMT platform.”

Additional customer and ISV comments on the new SPARC Enterprise T5440 server are available at http://sun.com/T5440 and http://www.fujitsu.com/sparcenterprise/.

PRICING, AVAILABILITY AND SERVICES

The SPARC Enterprise T5440 server is available today directly from 101 Data Solutions starting at £26,467 (Approx UK list) Sun and Fujitsu are also offering a number of promotions on the new SPARC Enterprise T5440 server. Contact us for More information or call 01761 437203.

About Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Sun Microsystems develops the technologies that power the global marketplace. Guided by a singular vision — “The Network is the Computer” — Sun drives network participation through shared innovation, community development and open source leadership. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the Web at http://sun.com.

OneStor F6500E Data Protected RAID Systems offer New Choices

The OneStor F6500E RAID system, which is ideal for a wide range of data-intensive business applications including database storage and high-resolution video, is now available as part of the OneStor ESP family. With server virtualization and consolidation on the rise, companies can utilize 8Gb/s FC to maintain high-speed connections while protecting vital data. Xyratex has emphasized reduced power consumption within its OneStor F6500E RAID systems through its Advanced Power Management software.

The OneStor architecture can support up to 96 high-performance SAS or cost-effective SATA-II drives, for optimal efficiency and support for rapid business growth. In addition, these systems use proven RAID-6 software and can support up to 512 snapshots to ensure that data remains accessible and protected. Adding to its data protection features, the F6500E includes redundant hot-swappable components and dual-ported SAS and SATA drives for continuous data access. All Xyratex RAID systems feature StorView(TM) storage management software, which provides a simple, intuitive interface that offers administrators remote access and management capabilities as well as advanced monitoring and notification for all storage systems.

The new RAID controller includes the Xyratex’s StorView policy-based power management and data services software. IT administrators can use the management application to set usage thresholds for reduced power usage. The controller has the capability to spin down drives when they’ve been idle and reduce power consumption by up to 40%.

For further information or price enquiries please call 01761 437203 or use our online web form

Xyratex F6500E Data Sheet

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Entry-level Celerra NX4 Delivers Unmatched Ease of Use, Reliability and Flexibility for NAS, iSCSI and Fibre Channel Environments; Provides Advanced Functionality at No Extra Cost.

26 August 2008 —EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC), the world leader in information infrastructure solutions, today unveiled the EMC® Celerra® NX4, the new entry point to the industry-leading EMC Celerra series of unified storage systems. With a flexible design enabling it to be deployed in NAS (network attached storage), iSCSI and Fibre Channel SAN (storage area network) environments, and offering advanced functionality at no extra charge, the Celerra NX4 is the most cost-effective entry-level unified storage platform available on the market today.

The Celerra NX4 is ideally suited for small to medium-sized businesses and remote offices looking to consolidate distributed file servers and storage onto a single, easy to use platform. With EMC’s Celerra Startup Assistant software, the Celerra NX4 can be powered up and configured in as little as 15 minutes. The centralised web-based Celerra Manager software makes system administration simple and intuitive with easy to use wizards and automated volume management, enabling administrators to provision a file system in just four mouse clicks.  Celerra thin provisioning dramatically simplifies storage management and improves storage efficiency, combining virtualisation of storage to hosts and users along with advanced automated safeguards.  Celerra SnapSure software allows for instant data protection while consuming minimal storage space, providing read-only and read-writable logical point-in-time copies of data that can be leveraged for user-driven data recovery and online backups.

The Celerra NX4 supports Microsoft, Unix, Linux and VMware ESX Server operating environments and major applications including Microsoft Exchange, SQL Server, Oracle, VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure and VMware Site Recovery Manager, with proven reference architectures to speed deployment. Supporting up to 60 terabytes of capacity and configurable with up to 60 high-capacity SATA disk drives and/or high-performance SAS drives, the Celerra NX4 enables storage tiering based on availability, cost, and energy efficiency considerations while delivering industry-leading price/performance.

Based on the EMC CLARiiON® AX4 system architecture, the Celerra NX4 provides the highest levels of data availability and reliability for a system in this class. Additionally, with EMC Celerra Replicator software for local and remote replication, business critical data can be automatically replicated to one or more secondary locations to ensure seamless business continuity and data protection.

“With nearly ninety affiliated facilities around the globe, we need a reliable, easy-to-use platform for our remote office storage operations,” said Chuck Wiggins, Operations Manager, Guardian Industries Corp. “The Celerra NX4 offers simplified management that won’t strain our IT staff resources, as well as the reliability and replication flexibility we need to ensure high data availability.”

The Celerra NX4 will be offered by EMC partners worldwide, and complements the higher-capacity Celerra NS20 and Celerra NS40 systems to round out partners’ unified storage portfolios. With EMC’s comprehensive system training and streamlined ordering system, partners are assured greater agility to meet their customer’s unique needs.

“The Celerra NX4 enables us to address the unified storage requirements of SMBs and remote offices with a flexible, easy-to-use platform, and gives us an opportunity to extend our value-add services to these customers,” said John Palley, General Manager, ISC. “With the Celerra NX4, we can get our customers up and running quickly via simplified installation, which will help us build our relationships with customers who rely on us for timely support.”

“Our small and medium business customers frequently look to us for unified storage to consolidate servers and storage onto a single platform via their existing IP infrastructure,” said Ken Grimsley, Vice President of Strategic Sales for CDW. “Beyond gains in efficiency, they also look for the ability to control costs, improve backups and increase availability. The addition of the new EMC Celerra NX4 unified storage system to our portfolio of offerings is a logical next-step for CDW as we look to meet the needs of these customers and provide a solution with advanced software features and no-compromise availability at an appropriate price.”

“Companies of all sizes are looking for ways to simplify their IT environments and get the most value from their storage and IT staffing investments,” said Charles King, Principal Analyst, Pund-IT, Inc. “EMC’s entry-level Celerra NX4 builds on the notable success of the Celerra NS20 and NS40 unified storage systems, helping customers control costs and consolidate distributed server and storage resources while assuring enterprise-class reliability and data protection.”

“EMC’s expertise in IP storage continues to yield the most cost-effective, reliable, and easy to use unified storage systems in the industry, fueling over fifty percent year-over-year revenue growth for our Celerra product line in the first half of 2008,” said Rich Napolitano, Senior Vice President and General Manager,EMC Storage Division. “The Celerra NX4 extends the Celerra family’s legacy of value, performance and high availability to a new market, ensuring that customers of all sizes can benefit from advanced features and management agility without straining their budgets. No other system in its class offers the built-in functionality and flexibility delivered with the Celerra NX4.”

Contact 101 Data Solutions for further information and Celerra NX4 Prices

EMC has confirmed that the latest versions of its Clariion midrange storage systems is ready to ship.

The Clariion CX4 Series will make it easier for customers to rapidly deploy greater volumes of storage capacity. The CX4 range will include EMC’s virtual provisioning technology from October, which allows users to present a nominal storage allocation to applications without having to allocate the physical capacity until it is needed.

The new Clariion systems also feature EMC’s UltraFlex technology, which supports both dual-protocol Fibre Channel and iSCSI storage area network (SAN) connections in the same array. It will also allow users to easily connect to future technologies, such as Fibre Channel over Ethernet.

The addition of flash drives in October will provide the CX4 Series with up to 10 times the performance the CX3 series contained, EMC claimed.

Flash drives store data using flash memory, unlike conventional hard drives that use mechanically rotating discs.

Drive spin-down that will autonmatically place inactive drives in sleep mode will be available some time in 2009.

“The CLARiiON CX4 Series is unmatched in the industry when it comes to scalability, features, energy efficiency and ease of use,” said David Donatelli, president of EMC’s storage division in a statement.

Clariion CX4 Series is comprised of four models: 120, 240, 480 and 960. The numbers correspond to the number of disk drives.

The CX4 Series was first unveiled in June at the firms annual customer conference, EMC World.

See the EMC Clariion CX4 Family Data Sheet

Visit our CX4 pages Here

Contact 101 Data Solutions for further information.