1. Accelerating Your Success ™
Storage Value Proposition
Introduction Value to an End User
The exponential growth of data in today’s IT infrastructure is a storage management  Possible reduction in storage spend
and capacity challenge for every IT organisation. In order to understand the storage  Maximisation of utilisation and performance of existing assets
environment in greater detail, ongoing capacity planning, utilisation management and  Improvement of availability of storage resources
cost containment are key factors in keeping information protected, compliant and in
line with business expectations.
 Identify high level processes for storage capacity planning and provisioning
 Increased service levels
Challenge  Vendor independent
 Achieve and maintain compliance
The Data Centre Manager is under pressure to reduce costs, improve processes and  Enhance Disaster recovery plans.
enable easier management of the storage infrastructure. With increasing storage
growth, these three challenges become harder to overcome. By investigating existing Value to a Channel Partner
storage infrastructure use, Avnet can report on and recommend a storage strategy
for the business that will last into the future.  Brand new service offering with little outlay
 Increase in revenue
In a recent IDC study, the average cost to acquire 1TB of storage was approx £1000.  Regarded as trusted advisor by end user
The cost of power and cooling on 1TB of storage is approx £80 per annum. With  Follow on consultancy
recent increase in utility prices, this price will increase at around 25% per annum.  Up sell opportunity for other services, software, hardware and consultancy
By utilising the latest power efficient storage technologies that include storage  Easy to understand offering for Sales Account Managers.
optimisation, resource pooling, outsourcing and intelligent storage, any utility
increases can be kept to a minimum. Massive data growth will drive a need for these
storage technologies to be implemented.

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Avnet Approach Implement
With its in-house Partner Services business unit, Avnet is able to deliver the full With IT infrastructure forming the heart of most businesses, it is imperative that these
storage lifecycle, by providing discovery and reporting through its Storage systems are installed in line with best practise and optimised for performance while
Assessment Service; storage architecture design, planning and implementation maintaining supported configurations and minimising risk to your business. Avnet
through its consultancy services along with any migration work from one storage has a pool of IT specialists available to complement and extend your in-house
platform to another. A transfer of information is offered to complete the lifecycle. capabilities, ensuring that no project is out of reach due to lack of skills or resources.
Our consultants form a link between your business, Avnet and participating vendors.
Experienced and proven in the market, the consultant ensures you benefit from all
the insight, expertise and resources that the channel can bring to your IT project.
Migrate
Through experience, Avnet Technology Solutions Partner Services Team delivers
services to enable its customers to seamlessly migrate data between different
storage vendors’ hardware and architectures, ensuring customer data is secured and
available throughout the migration process using best in breed tools to deliver the
process. Avnet can offer a transfer of information around the new environment to
give administrators the knowledge to perform their day to day storage activities.
Assure24 Monitoring and Alerting Service
Avnet is able to offer their Assure24 Monitoring and Alerting Service to pro-actively
monitor hardware within an IT Infrastructure. It can provide instant notification of
problems, reduce downtime and is quick to implement with no upfront costs as it is
delivered as a Cloud service on a subscription basis.
Associated Collateral
Assess Storage Assessment Service.
Storage Assessment Service Qualification Questionnaire.
Through the Storage Assessment Service organisations gain insight into the level of Storage Assessment Case Studies.
efficiency and optimisation of their storage environment and benefit from the insight Storage Assessment Sample Report.
of industry professionals with extensive experience.
Next Steps
Design
Contact the Avnet Partner Services Team on 01706 222180.
Avnet Technology Solutions Design Service will help you address storage and data Contact your Account Manager and ask about Avnet Storage Services.
needs from end to end. Ensuring complexity is reduced; performance is optimised
and growth managed by creating a cost-effective, scalable and resilient storage
infrastructure.