Data Centre Technology - IT Support Solutions

Data-Shield offers a range of IT Support Solutions for data centres including switching, routing, SAN and NAS platforms across Ethernet, FICON, ESCON and Infiniband infrastructure. We support clients with fabrics, flat and hybrid network environments and include around 24% of the FTSE 500 through delivery of our IT support services with contracts with some of the UK’s largest IT service providers.

Data-Shield is proud to be technology-agnostic and base our consulting and support expertise on an extensive list of technical certifications which is unparalleled within the UK IT services community.

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CNT

We offer product replacement, maintenance, migration and contract support services on an extensive list of CNT legacy and end-of-support product lines. With a product portfolio covering around 300 items.

Edge 3000 Series - FC, Ficon over IP
FC9000 series
Ultranet Storage Director
Ultranet MultiService Director
Complete Escon, FDDI and Ethernet product ranges

If a product is not listed, please contact us directly for more detailed information.

IBM

We offer product replacement, maintenance, migration and contract support services on an extensive list of IBM-badged legacy and end-of-support product lines. This list includes products within the areas of Mainframe, Networking, Storage and Communications.

IBM 2109-xxx – SAN switches & Directors
2031-xxx – SAN switches & Directors
2032-xxx – SAN switches & Directors
SANxxx – SAN switches & Directors

If a product is not listed, please contact us directly for more detailed information.

ADVA

Data-Shield is an accredited Value Added Reseller for ADVA Optical Networking, a leading global provider of optical networking solutions for the deployment, management, and delivery of high-speed services within the metropolitan area and enterprise markets. ADVA is leveraging its core technologies and expertise in the enterprise market to maximize growth opportunities in the exploding metro market. Key services include high-speed data, storage, and video applications.

For more information, visit www.advaoptical.com

Brocade

We offer product replacement, maintenance, migration and contract support services on an extensive list of Brocade legacy and end-of-support product lines. Below is a sample of products with which we have expertise.

Silkworm – 2xxx & 3xxx SAN switches
Brocade – 4xxx SAN switches
Brocade – 5xxx SAN switches
Brocade – 12000 SAN Directors
Brocade – 24000 SAN Directors
Brocade – 48000 SAN Directors

If a product is not listed, please contact us directly for more detailed information.

Ciena

Data-Shield is an Authorised Sales and Service Partner for Ciena, a specialist in network transition. Ciena provides the flexible platforms, intelligent software and professional services to build converged networks for enhanced services and applications. With a growing global presence, Ciena leverages its heritage of practical innovation to deliver maximum performance and economic value in communications networks worldwide.

For more information, visit www.ciena.com

McData

We offer product replacement, maintenance, migration and contract support services on an extensive list of McData legacy and end-of-support product lines. Below is an extensive list of products with which we have expertise. If a product is not listed, please contact us directly for more detailed information:

ED-5000 / ED-6064 / ES-1000
ES-3000 / ES-4000 Series (All models)
M6140 (all models)
7100 (all models)
6100 / 6200 / 5200 / MC99 / DS-1000 / ES-2500
9032-5 / 9032-3 ESCON Director

Inrange

We offer product replacement, maintenance, migration and contract support services on an extensive list of Inrange legacy and end-of-support product lines. Below is an extensive list of products with which we have expertise.

1xxx / 2xxx / 3xxx / 4xxx / 5xxx / 8xxx / 9xxx series
CD/9000
FC/9000
FSP-1 & FSP-2
MONOLITH

If a product is not listed, please contact us directly for more detailed information.

Cisco

Cisco Systems, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells Internet protocol (IP) based networking and other products related to the communications and information technology industries worldwide. It offers switching products, including fixed-configuration and modular switches, and storage products that provide connectivity to end users, workstations, IP phones, access points, and servers, as well as function as aggregators on local-area networks and wide-area networks; and routers that interconnects public and private IP networks for mobile, data, voice, and video applications.

http://www.cisco.com