Design and illustration of ARE YOU READY infographic for Symantec 2015

1. DO NOTHING:
Systems will still run, partner and user
communities will help, but systems will be
open to a significant security threat
HARDWARE REPLACEMENT:
Upgrade out of maintenance physical servers
CUSTOM SUPPORT:
For-fee custom support can be costly and time-consuming
VIRTUALIZATION/CLOUD:
To achieve cost, complexity and
management benefits
PROTECTION:
Use a 3rd party product to secure servers and data, removing the time-critical need to upgrade
THE REALISATION NOW IS THAT
AFTER 14 JULY 2015 MISSION AND BUSINESS
CRITICAL APPLICATIONS ARE AT RISK
Migration carries significant challenge on
resources and information protection
Expensive custom contracts to maintain
unsupported platforms and applications
NO Technical support NO Incident support
NO Security patches NO Product hot fixes
MICROSOFT WINDOWS 2003 SERVER MIGRATION
ARE YOU READY?
?? ?
THE QUESTION IS, HOW WILL YOU MANAGE YOUR COSTS
AND MITIGATE THE RISKS?
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN
FOR MY BUSINESS
JULY
2015
14 =
STANDARDISATION
THE SUPPORT OF BYOD
MOBILITY
PRIVATE, HYBRID AND PUBLIC CLOUD
BUSINESSES ARE DRIVING FOR...
RISK
COST
Regulated industries may be fined or risk being
cut off from key trading partners who want to
protect their own compliance status
Increased vulnerability to cyber attacks and
data breach
SECURITY
COMPLIANCE
?? ?WHAT SHOULD I DO
WITH THE CHANGE IN THE
TECHNOLOGY LANDSCAPE
THE PRESSURES ON IT HAVE
BECOME MORE DEMANDING!
MICROSOFT’S EXTENDED SUPPORT OF WINDOWS 2003 SERVER ENDS IN JULY 2015. Posing potential
problems for some 10M instances of Windows that exist and the business critical systems that depend on it.
Although this doesn’t mean everything will stop working, it does mean that systems are open to potential security
risks and not conforming to regulatory compliance demands.
JULY
2015
14
2015
WHAT ARE MY
OPTIONS?
PROTECT AND
SECURE
INCREASE
APPLICATION
AVAILABILITY
MITIGATE
TRANSFORMATIONAL
RISK
DATA IS #1 PRIORITY
GUARANTEE VISIBILITY
ACROSS NEW AND
EXISTING PLATFORMS
LOWER THE SUPPORT
AND OPERATIONAL
COSTS
SYMANTEC PROTECT MORE
SYSTEMS IN THE SECURITY
SOFTWARE SPACE
THAN ANY OTHER
COMPANY
SYMANTEC BACK-UP OVER
50%
OF THE WORLDS
INFORMATION
SYMANTEC PROTECT
200 MILLION
END POINT DEVICES
THE SYMANTEC GLOBAL
INTELLIGENCE NETWORK
PROVIDES THE VERY BEST IN
SECURITY UPDATES, INSIGHT
AND GUIDANCE
CRITICAL SYSTEMS ARE SO IMPORTANT THAT YOU CANNOT
AFFORD DOWNTIME OR PERFORMANCE ISSUES. The clock is
ticking to migrate from Windows Server 2003 but it is still a key platform
that underpins your many business critical services.
DEVELOP A STRATEGY for mitigating the risk of
vulnerability, while establishing a plan for migration
DISCOVER:
Understand what applications
and workloads are being
supported
ASSESS:
Create inventory categorised
by type, importance and
complexity
TARGET:
Choose an outcome for
each application
MAP:
Match the inventory against
business risk/criticality
4.6 BILLION
CONNECTED THINGS
GIN
WHY SYMANTEC?
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FIND OUT MORE
Symantec can offer a unique alternative that will extend the life of your Windows 2003
systems that is cost effective and increases your security profile.
PLATFORM LAUNCH
First camera phone
iTunes
Xbox Live/online gaming
2003
Google Apps
20102006
Amazon web
services
A
2004
Facebook Google Glass
20132007
iPhone iPad
2009
SINCE THE LAUNCH OF WINDOWS 2003 TECHNOLOGY HAS ADVANCED
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