Data Migration and Consolidation
Even if you have a proliferation of rich business data, it is of little use if it is scattered across multiple servers or desktops and isn’t easily index or retrieved. To drive business results, you need to analyse diverse information sets regardless of where they are stored. Fortunately there’s a relatively straightforward solution for containing data proliferation as well as resolving other information management challenges that your businesses faces.
At Parative we have specialists in data and server consolidation. Since our inception, we have migrated and consolidated some of the UK’s largest companies and government departments. With a track record of well over a 1 petabyte of data, we have the depth of expertise and the breadth of experience to minimise your risks and meet your objectives – on time and to budget.
Parative have implemented Windows Distributed File System (DFS) and Sharepoint solutions to help companies consolidate and easily share their vast amounts of data. So whether you know the solution you need, or whether you need guidance on what is the best solution for your information storage and searching needs, Parative has the experience to assist.
The streamlined approach to data consolidation
The challenges faced when migrating data are now starting to be acknowledged by organisations. Permissions have become complex because of nested groups, and sub-folders with permissions that are different from their parents. This greater level of sophistication with permissions can make helpdesk management tasks error-prone and expensive. As a result, mistakes are occurring more frequently.
Consolidating information on the Microsoft Windows Server and Sharepoint platforms ensures that your organisation can:
- Manage information, in its many forms (documents, imagery, video, sensor data, etc.)
- Access information, where it’s useful (from desktops to mobile devices)
- Share information, with the people who need it (within and across organisations)
- Secure information, for different uses (in day-to-day and net-centric operations)
Why switch to Windows 2008 R2 or Sharepoint?
The Microsoft Windows and Sharepoint platforms provides a complete solution for storing, managing, and governing data, as well as a rich set of services for interacting with information, including security, search, rights management and offline synchronisation. By partnering with Parative to implement a well managed data migration, your organisation will reduce costs by consolidating multiple data servers down to a few high capacity machines. In addition, you will also see a visible return on investment when the number of helpdesk calls associated with directory access or data problems begin to fall.
With Windows 2008 R2 you get DFS-R (Distributed File System Replication) which allows Windows to automatically synchronise your data to multiple locations and automatically handle end client failover to your replica data sources. All of this is available without the purchase of any expensive 3rd party replication software, so disaster recovery it now availabile to anyone.
Next Steps ...
- Contact Us now to book a meeting to discuss your data consolidation or migration requirements.