Services to Support N1 and Data Centers Assessments, Workshops, Environmental Services and More
Sun announced new services that will assist customers
to deploy and manage the new Sun FireTM Blade Platform and N1
architectures, putting them on a course towards assembling network
computing elements into N1 environments. Sun also announced key
services to help customers improve system availability, drive down
total costs and reduce the complexity involved in modern data center
operations. These new services include:
N1 Architecture Workshop and N1 Architecture Assessment Service: Sun
evaluates a customer's existing environment and compares it to the N1
architecture. Sun then defines transition requirements for the
virtualization of the data center. Workshop pricing begins at $10,000;
Assessment at $80,000 (U.S. list price).
N1 Services for the Sun Fire Blade Platform: For quickly deploying
the new platform using the N1 Provisioning Server 3.0 Blades Edition.
N1 Services for the Sun Fire Blade Platform will be available in April
2003, and pricing varies with the configuration.
SunSM Customer Ready Systems Program (Sun CRS) Support: Sun
Services will offer implementation services which will enable customer
configurations to be shipped factory-integrated and tested to meet
business needs. The Sun CRS program for Blades will be available in
March 2003, and pricing will vary.
Blade Manager: Instrumentation and monitoring package involves a set
of tools and services to help customers deploy, monitor and maintain
racks of Sun Fire Blades quickly, effectively and efficiently. Blade
Manager is available now in the Americas and will be rolled out
worldwide beginning in April 2003.
Sun's new offerings to help boost reliability, performance and
serviceability in the data center include:
Sun Reliability, Availability and Serviceability System Analysis
(RAS/SA): For checking the health of systems, this Internet-based,
comprehensive system assessment service allows data center managers to
achieve optimum configurations and performance, reducing unplanned
downtime. RAS/SA will be available in March 2003, and the U.S. list price
will start at $1,980.
Sun Environmental Services: This evaluates routine factors in data
centers such as climate control. Environmental Services are custom
priced and are currently available.
Sun Data Center Site Support Program: A comprehensive support
arrangement for the entire data center, covering virtually the entire
network computing infrastructure of Sun products. Prices are
customized.
"With IT budgets tighter than ever, customers have told us that they
need help to design, deploy and operate ever more complex systems as
cost and time-effectively as possible. That's what these new services
are all about: helping customers quickly move to low-cost network
computing environments designed to reduce complexity and yield higher
return-on-assets," stated Patricia C. Sueltz, executive vice president
of Sun Services.
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