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Realizing OpEx Savings with Symantec Backup Appliances - Part III
Phil Wandrei | 22 Jan 2013 | 0 comments

Symantec backup appliances provide many business value benefits. In my earlier two blogs, Realizing OpEx Savings with Symantec Backup Appliances and Realizing OpEx Savings with Symantec Backup Appliances – Part II  five (5) areas of  OpEx savings were identified: 

  • Acquisition
  • Installation and integration
  • System administration
  • Upgrades: software and hardware
  • Support/maintenance

In this blog, the final two areas of OpEx savings will be examined; Upgrades and Support. 

Upgrade and Refreshes

With any point solution, there are multiple components that will require firmware and/or software updates. A best case is two updates per component per year. ...

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Realizing OpEx Savings with Symantec Backup Appliances - Part II
Phil Wandrei | 22 Jan 2013 | 0 comments

Symantec backup appliances provide many business value benefits.  In my previous blog, Realizing OpEx Savings with Symantec Backup Appliances,  five (5) areas of  OpEx savings were identified: 

  • Acquisition
  • Installation and integration
  • System administration
  • Upgrades: software and hardware
  • Support/maintenance

And the topic of Acquisition were examined.  The next two areas to examine are Installation/Integration and Administration. 

Installation/Integration

The area with the greatest savings is Installation and Integration.  Depending on your environment, the amount of time it takes to perform the tasks, and if professional services are used, the savings may run into the tens of thousands of dollars. 

An important point to note is the...

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Realizing OpEx Savings with Symantec Backup Appliances
Phil Wandrei | 22 Jan 2013 | 0 comments

Symantec backup appliances provide many benefits over traditional build-your-own or point solutions.   The benefits may take the form of faster time to deployment, reducing risk, reducing planned and unplanned downtime,  improving staff efficiencies, or enhanced service level.   To quantify in terms of dollars and business value, these benefits must be translated into capital expenditures (CapEx)  and/or operating expenditures (OpEx).  At that point, you have the attention of management. 

When performing a financial analysis, there are several common questions:  what areas provide the savings, how are the savings calculated, and is it necessary to calculate the savings to the nth degree?  This blog and two subsequent blogs will address these questions and examine the areas that typically  provide the greatest benefits. 

How are OpEx savings calculated? 

Typically, to calculate...

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Happy Holidays
Joe Pfeiffer | 22 Jan 2013 | 0 comments

IT Gift Exchange

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Moving and Expiring Your Stuff
Peter_E | 22 Jan 2013 | 0 comments

I’ve never meant anybody who likes to move.  I just did it and I’m in the club.  Moving = Not Fun.  It’s not just packing.  It’s the rebound. The unpacking at your destination really kills you.  To avoid early death by moving, I’ve simply left much of it in boxes, in the garage.  I don’t need a lot of my stuff on a daily basis, much less monthly basis.  Now I’m ready to throw it out, but what about recycling? 

To my surprise recycling some things in the bay area, epicenter for many green initiatives, is not easy as you might think. I’m not talking about your 27” TV from 1990.  I’m talking about basic stuff - packing material – the stuff they use to protect precious electronics or new furniture. Turns out those large pieces of foam (aka Styrofoam or technically called expanded polystyrene foam (EPS) are not so easy to recycle.  And it’s not good for the...

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