Symantec

Symantec Software products are designed for an open, heterogeneous product environment -- no hardware agenda here -- which gives you maximum flexibility to evolve your IT environment over time.

SOFTWARE:

Symantec Software provides products in the following categories:

• Data Protection
• High Availability
• Storage and Server Automation
• Application Service Management
• Enterprise Security

Symantec Software is a leading provider of software to enable utility computing. In a utility computing model, IT resources are aligned with business needs, and business applications are delivered with optimal performance and availability on top of shared computing infrastructure, minimizing hardware and labor costs.

Symantec Software provides solutions for:

• Compliance
• Email Archiving
• J2EE Applications
• Migration
• Utility Computing
• Disaster Recovery

TRAINING:

Symantec Education is the key to ensuring your IT professionals are confident and ready for anything-and that your Symantec solution delivers on every promise of dependability and performance.

Gain control over your systems

Technical training from the experts at Symantec gives you maximum implementation and operational success-and the confidence to know you can respond quickly and effectively to any data crisis. Because you'll be learning from instructors who know the software backwards and forwards, and who understand how to bring value to your organization.

Technical training when and where you need it

The sun never sets on Symantec Education support. You have access to anytime, anywhere eLearning, and a worldwide network of certified instructors and classrooms. We'll even bring the classroom to you, and customize courses, to ensure your IT team has the knowledge they need, when and where they need it.

CONSULTING:

A sound infrastructure strategy requires time and resources that most IT organizations can't afford to remove from the day-to-day demands of fighting fires and keeping the data center running. GCA's storage and system experts can step back and objectively see the "big picture", understand your specific business issues, and put their knowledge to work, maximizing your investment in Symantec Software Solutions.

GCA Storage & System Professionals can provide these "Expert on Demand" Services:

• Assessment & Planning: GCA consultants analyze current and future backup and availability requirements. Analysis includes projected rates of growth, as well as peak requirements and trends. After a thorough review of the computing environment and business plans, consultants work with your staff to map an availability strategy.
• Architecture Design Services: GCA Architecture Design Services include an analysis of the impact of new technologies on your environment. GCA helps you ensure that new technologies are integrated with the least impact on your operations. GCA offers several design service options. We can assist in developing an overall strategy for the enterprise, or for a specific technology such as SAN, NAS, Clustering, High Availability, and others.
• Implementation & Project Management: GCA can help you implement system and storage projects and plans from start to finish, or assist you only in specific areas where you require added expertise. We can help you complete your projects on time and within budget.
• Performance & Resource Optimization: The storage and systems available in most data centers are drastically underutilized. By better matching existing resources with your requirements, GCA consultants enable you to fully utilize the 'hidden capacity' in your existing infrastructure. Upgrading to your vendor's current version often can provide improved performance and problem fixes, as well as valuable new features, at minimal cost. GCA can install and test upgrades to most popular products with little or no disruption to your daily operations.