Assessment Services

FCSI's Assessment Services provide a suite of services to help you understand and optimize your existing architecture and get a holistic view of your global Infrastructure. We provide you with many possible scenarios of new architectures or recommended optimizations to get the best return on your investment. FCSI has a set of predefined assessments which reflect the common issues in customers' infrastructure. Beyond these offerings, FCSI can provide a customizable assessment to address specific issues using proven methodology.

FCSI's experts will work closely with your organization to assess your infrastructure and deliver the best innovative solutions.

Key FCSI's Assessments Portfolio
Assessments	Objectives
STORAGE STRATEGY	Optimize your SAN & NAS Storage environment Deploy Storage Virtualization in your own infrastructure and get better storage utilization Define possible Data Classification Use of SAN / NAS Convergence Reduce Storage TCO Automate Storage management
BACKUP STRATEGY	Ensure that your valuable data is protected and available for recovery. Optimize your backup systems: Use of Virtual Tape Library (VTL) Use of Data Deduplication
EMAIL ARCHIVING	Deploy efficient email archiving system Reduce volume of Email storage Secure Email system within the Company Be in compliance regarding regulatory rules
SERVER VIRTUALIZATION & CONSOLIDATION	Improve server utilization Deploy virtualization solutions such as VmWare to gain efficiency, operational flexibility and reduce servers costs Consolidate farm of servers Optimize & automate servers management
NETWORK LAN / WAN	Consolidate your network environment Deploy WAN acceleration (WAFS) system to consolidate branch office infrastructure Optimize Network management
CONTINUITY DISASTER RECOVERY PLAN	Check for your infrastructure continuity required for the applications Defined Continuity plan and disaster recovery architecture Manage and test your DRP
COMPLIANCE	Assess the infrastructure relating to compliance rules such as Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) or BALE 2
RISKS & DATA PROTECTION	Identify and classify risks and impacts relating to: Infrastructure: hardware / software failure, intrusion, anti-virus, spyware, firewall People: failure or non-familiarity of staff to comply with the operational procedures Process: process failure, inadequate controls in the operation processes