The NetApp Fast-Start Customer Workshop is a 2-4 day assessment that evaluates a customer's current data center environment and identifies opportunities to improve efficiency, reduce costs and risks. NetApp experts conduct interviews, analyze the infrastructure and applications, and deliver a prioritized project roadmap and business case outlining functional and financial benefits. The workshop aims to help customers maximize storage utilization, implement a shared storage framework, virtualize their infrastructure, and build a dynamic private or hybrid cloud environment through proven best practices.

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NetApp Fast-Start Customer Workshop
for Data Center Transformation
Key BENEFITS
Increase time to market by up to
75%, lower TCO by up to 47%, and
save up to 50% in data center costs
from dramatic storage efficiency
improvements.
Reduce risk
Our experts seek to create a
precisely architected solution that
avoids disruption and risk to your
environment.
Accelerate time to results
We share our comprehensive realworld blueprints and best practices
to get you to deployment quickly
and effectively.
Act now
Get an actionable road map of the
most effective path to maximum
cost savings and long-lasting
benefits.
THE CHALLENGE
Businesses need to minimize cost,
reduce complexity, and decrease associated business risk without sacrificing
service levels. Consolidation, virtualization, IT-as-a-Service, and cloud computing can help achieve this. But how
do you implement new solutions while
minimizing disruptions, protecting current investments, and avoiding adding
costs to your existing operations?
• A virtualized infrastructure—server
and storage virtualization capabilities
• A NetApp® dynamic data center—
shared storage infrastructure;
automated provisioning of storage,
servers, and network; nonstop
infrastructure design
• A NetApp cloud-enabled
infrastructure solution—self-service,
pay-as-you-grow model; APIs;
modular block structure; external
cloud services integration
OUR RESPONSE
The first step in maximizing data
center performance is an objective
evaluation of your current infrastructure
capabilities.1 The NetApp Fast-Start
Customer Workshop provides a guide
to transforming your data center and
addressing today’s needs and future
requirements. Our workshop can help
you obtain:
• Maximum storage efficiency—thin
provisioning, virtual cloning,
deduplication
• A shared storage framework—ITILaligned processes, services-oriented
infrastructure, services-management
framework
GETTING YOU TO THE
SOLUTION FAST
Our experience enables our customers to take big steps in a short time.
Whether you choose NetApp or not,
we promise to provide a significant
return on your time with us. You can
learn how to:
• Grow your capabilities, not
your footprint, through proven
consolidation practices.
• Run your storage infrastructure
efficiently, in accordance with
defined templates, processes, and
procedures, to sustain the benefits
of the solution.

2. Provide Business Justification
 Identify objectives,
strategies, and
goals
 Discuss IT
funding,
stakeholders,
and governance
 Identify business/
application
selection for
review
Prioritize Projects
 Rank opportunities
based on business
impact
 Match business
requirements
and benefits
 Align current
architecture
with desired
improvements
Deliver Business Case
 Provide preliminary
business case including
functional and financial
benefits
 Deliver a project
roadmap
 Identify actionable
next steps
Two- to Four-Day Timeframe
Figure 1) NetApp Fast-Start Customer Workshop framework.
OUR PROVEN APPROACH
The NetApp Fast-Start Customer
Workshop delivers an end-to-end evaluation of your data center environment
from an organizational, technological,
capacity, and operational viewpoint.
We estimate your current capability
to cope with anticipated growth and
business requirements. We may target
multiple environments, including development and test, QA, production, and
customer-facing IT. We consider:
• Server and storage capacity and
growth expectations
• Storage and infrastructure utilization
levels
• Operational efficiency and
management processes
The result is a summary of the top
areas for near-term improvement, a
project road map, and actionable next
steps for solution implementation.
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We typically conduct four workshop
sessions over four days. However, if
time is a constraint, you can select any
combination of modules. This enables
you to satisfy both your longer-term
strategic needs and your shorter-term
tactical requirements.
EXCLUSIONS
The NetApp Fast Start Workshop is a
limited assessment only. This workshop does not include storage or
software technology design and implementation, installation of data collection tools, or configuration changes by
NetApp personnel.
WHY NETAPP CONSULTING
For decades, enterprises in financial
services, telecommunications, energy,
high tech, and manufacturing have
capitalized on our extensive experience. We deliver innovative solutions
that return dollars to your bottom line
immediately.
Our credentials include:
• More than 5,000 global customers
• An extensive list of delivery partners
• Worldwide strategic global
technology partners
• Thousands of Professional Services
storage experts
• Thought leadership for the
Technology Professional Services
Association (TPSA) and Storage
Networking Industry Association
(SNIA)
LET’S GET STARTED
Learn more about how NetApp can
work with you to capitalize on NetApp
technology and maximize your
entire IT investment. Contact your
local NetApp representative or visit
http://netapp.com/faststart to jumpstart your savings today.
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