DATA MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION

taking better careOF YOUR DATA

Data continues to grow exponentially, and organizations are being expected by their customers and legal bodies to handle data appropriately, whilst business applications and generating data sources continue to put stress on the current IT estate, whilst the business wishes to grow and be agile to respond quickly to market direction. This coupled with a range of structured and unstructured data, and the variety of file formats including video and audio, and data being created by sensors and machines - the problem is right in front of us.

All organizations store and need to protect their data appropriately based on its value to the business, this could included sensitive and secure data, or data that needs to be kept for future reference. Traditional storage and data protection solutions that have been deployed and continually invested in, are now not aligned to the majority of the data which is housed within them, and most solutions are architected to the highest value data, which although gives a high level security and protection, means that lower value data is being stored in an overly expensive environment, and therefore growth is painful and costly.

WHAT’S DATA WORTH TO YOUR BUSINESS?We know that IT budgets are being constrained, and that clients would like to invest in new services, that would provide a better alignment to business value of the data. However expanding and aging infrastructures require heavy year on year investment, and it becomes too problematic to change. This means organizations can’t use new technologies that not only bring value to the way data is handled, but also brings fringe benefits to the data centre and application estate. Technologies such as dynamic tiering, thin provisioning and de duplication all provide value and cost savings.

We see that organizations expect to have their IT estate aligned to their business direction, this means that SLA’s, need to reflect the business operation, and ensure that the right data, not all data is protected to the right business levels. This ensures that the IT infrastructure is able to meet the demands put on it by the business. Consideration also needs to be given to the commercial frameworks, such as Pay as you Go, which means paying for what is consumed, rather than paying for the storage that is not used.

HOW CSC CAN HELPCSC can help you look after your data better, so that your organization can use it more effectively. We provide data management and protection services too many large organizations with complex requirements, and we’re experts in information security, information lifecycle management, regulatory requirements and data backup and recoverability.

Furthermore, we understand the relationship between data and the applications that generate and process it, and the ways in which storage infrastructure can affect and enhance application delivery.

Our range of data storage solutions meet varying requirements, depending on your situation. We can help you use the existing capacity more effectively, provide the right level of protection for different types of data, and apply data management principles to improve data handling and accessibility—including via mobile devices.

Our experienced consultants can carry out a Dynamic Storage Assessment that examines your current data storage and protection environment and identifies areas where performance is falling short. They’ll then propose a strategic roadmap that aligns capability with your current and future business needs.

As data volumes and formats increase, extracting value from data becomes more challenging. The

way you’ve stored data in the past may no longer be appropriate or robust enough to cope with new

demands, such as data that changes rapidly, or temporary storage of external data for analysis. Relying

solely on expensive primary storage solutions is unlikely to be effective or affordable: it’s time to take a

fresh look at how you manage data.

taking better careOF YOUR DATA

DATA MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION

JUST THE STORAGE CAPACITY YOU NEEDAll our storage solutions are provided with a range of commercial frameworks including pay-as-you-go pricing models. We can even convert your existing storage system into a pay-as-you-go service, breathing new life into legacy equipment and reducing your storage costs.

You’ll find it easier to keep pace with data growth, improve application performance, and ensure data is where it needs to be to meet performance, availability and usage requirements. And you’ll be able to call on the right kind of storage for your data at the right time, according to its type and its value to the business.

The implications for your organization are compelling. Employees and applications will have access to the data they need, whenever and wherever they need it. All the data your organization uses will be safely backed up and recoverable. And you’ll be able to expand your storage resources whenever you need to, without capital investment, releasing cash for other projects to drive innovation and growth.

MAXIMIZING THE BUSINESS VALUE OF DATAData is at the heart of everyone’s business. But to maximise the value, clients need to take a journey of both technical and business process change. CSC guides clients every step of this journey: from setting strategy and defining the roadmap, to executing the business and technical transformation and operating the services. Organisations begin their journey from different start points: be it optimizing their data centre or reviewing their protection of data; to enabling their work force by facilitating mobility and collaboration and putting knowledge at the heart of the business operation with business analytics and intelligence that enable insightful business decisions.

FIND OUT MORE Contact us to learn more about how CSC Big Data can help your business. We’d be happy to discuss your situation in more detail.

NORTH AMERICA aos_busdev@csc.com +1 888 512 7068

EMEA eur_busdev@csc.com +44 (0) 845 602 4204

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AUSTRALIA talk_to_us@csc.com.au +61 (0) 2 9034 3000

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taking better careOF YOUR DATA

DYNAMIC STORAGE ASSESSMENT. Examines your storage environment and maps out a future-state roadmap that aligns capability and delivery to actual business needs.

STORAGE AS A SERVICE. A fully managed, on-demand utility storage service:

• STORE uses appropriate storage types to meet your data storage requirements

• RECOVER is a data backup and protection service with business-driven SLAs

• ARCHIVE categorizes and stores files for easy location and retrieval when needed, and holds them in low-cost storage when not

CLOUD STORAGE. A managed cloud service, charged for on a consumption basis, that makes stored data accessible via a self-service web portal.

CSC SOLUTIONS FOR MANAGING AND PROTECTING DATA

WORLDWIDE CSC HEADQUARTERS

The Americas3170 Fairview Park DriveFalls Church, Virginia 22042United States+1.703.876.1000

Europe, Middle East, AfricaRoyal PavilionWellesley RoadAldershot, Hampshire GU11 1PZUnited Kingdom+44(0)1252.534000

Australia26 Talavera RoadMacquarie Park, NSW 2113 Australia+61(0)29034.3000

Asia20 Anson Road #11-01Twenty Anson Singapore 079912Republic of Singapore +65.6221.9095

About CSCThe mission of CSC is to be a global leader in providing technology enabled business solutions and services.

With the broadest range of capabilities, CSC offers clients the solutions they need to manage complexity, focus on core businesses, collaborate with partners and clients, and improve operations.

CSC makes a special point of understanding its clients and provides experts with real-world experience to work with them. CSC is vendor-independent, delivering solutions that best meet each client’s unique requirements.

For more than 50 years, clients in industries and governments worldwide have trusted CSC with their business process and information systems outsourcing, systems integration and consulting needs.

The company trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “CSC.”

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