Date: 25-Nov-2009 URL: www.sun.com/service/applicationreadiness/index.jsp

Sun Application Readiness Service

The Sun Application Readiness Service provides the expertise to help smoothly design, implement, and test your Sun server to the point of application loading. Sun consultants and engineers use proven methodologies to help you achieve optimization of the architecture and take advantage of the advanced availability features of Sun servers and the Solaris Operating System.

Key Benefits

Provides a single point of contact from start to finish
Saves time and money by implementing your system right the first time
Creates faster time-to-production for your new Sun Server
Optimizes availability to help meet mission critical demands
Implements Sun best practices in security and availability
Reduces risk of future outages by leveraging Sun expertise
Frees up technical resources so you can focus on higher priority business needs

Resources

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Testimonials

"Sun's unique offering in the area of enterprise consolidation has dramatically reduced the financial headache of supporting disconnected and distributed systems while affording us the time to deliver more services to the people and businesses of Michigan."
Jim Hogan
Information Officer, State of Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth

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Prepare Your Sun Server

The following required modules are included in the Sun Application Readiness Service:

Project Management	The Service begins with a review of the conditions and prerequisites for service delivery. A comprehensive review of the customer environment is conducted and a project schedule is developed.
Consulting and Design	Sun completes the system configuration and performs a series of functional tests to confirm conformance with the design specification. The key deliverable includes the creation of the design specification based upon a comprehensive architectural review.
Implementation and Testing	Sun develops a fully configured and tested platform along with a completed test procedure plan. Professional Services focuses on maximizing availability of the particular platform and controlling access to the platform, domains, and resources as needed for the customer's unique environment.
Sun i-Runbook	Provides a customized knowledge base for your environment in an online and centralized location.

Why Sun?

The Sun Application Readiness Service provides outstanding flexibility and affordability through both custom and packaged offerings, while providing the necessary project management, configuration, and testing to help get your new system ready for the installation of your application within a robust, high-demand environment. As a result, you will save time and money while optimizing system performance.

Take the Next Step

Contact your local Sun sales representative to learn how you can begin to maximize your IT investment, improve compliance, reduce risk, adapt to business change and experience fewer unplanned and expensive IT outages. Contact Sun Professional Services. Let us worry about your infrastructure, so you can focus on your business.

Leverage Sun Leasing Programs to finance your next project

Financing capabilities are available through Sun Microsystems Global Financial Services (SMGFS) in select countries worldwide. Please contact your Sun Microsystems Sales Representative or visit the Sun Microsystems Financing Programs to request support from your local SMGFS representative.