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Full Service OS Migration Services
A reliable, up-to-date computing infrastructure can provide new ways to define value and recognize return on investment (ROI). Legato Systems OS Migration Services will help you migrate from legacy operating environments to the latest Microsoft operation systems for your workstations and servers, thus streamlining your IT management, increasing user productivity and enhancing platform security. Our expert resources include OS specialists that are masters in performing migrations in any Microsoft operating environment while providing an unmatched set of tools that mitigate the risk of end impact and project overruns. These System Architects and technicians bring an immeasurable depth of knowledge and experience in planning, designing and implementing efficient, cost-effective OS migrations. Additionally, Legato’s OS migration services are available after business hours and weekends to provide professional, high-quality migrations to minimizing disruptions to your operations. We will also provide ongoing post-deployment end-user support and documentation to ensure that your internal customers are delighted. With the help of our OS Migration Services your organization will be enabled to:
Simplified systems administration by eliminating the need to maintain multiple operating systems.
Improve user satisfaction and service levels through improved reliability and uptime.
Reduce support costs by standardizing, and consolidating.
Highly-repeatable migrations even in complex, heterogeneous environments.
OS Migration Collaborative Services
In today’s business environment many organizations have the intellectual talent and staffing to implement an operating system (OS) migration but lack the experience to develop the infrastructure and methodologies to execute on the project. Additionally, the vast majority of the prepackaged OS deployment solutions provides you with a list of unrealistic prerequisites and requires your environment to adapt to their solution. Legato understands that any effective deployment solution or methodology will need to adapt your needs and your environment. Our collaboration services allow you to manage the implementation and design while Legato provides our solutions and experience in Fortune 500 enterprise environments. With a proven framework and deep expertise our best of breed solutions will provide you with a correctly architected deployment solution to meet the needs of you environment. Whether you use our deployment solutions or competing product we can help guide you thru a flawless execution of a solution designed for you. While there are any number of studies that support the position we present using complex formula that would be impossible to easily compare against any real enterprise environment please take a moment to review the rough cost comparison below to see for yourself.
Rough Time Comparison:
Build from manual software installs:
Backup user profile data. 30 minutes
OS: Windows XP. 60 minutes
Windows Service Packs. 60 minutes
Microsoft Office Suite. 30 minutes
Additional Windows security updates. 20 minutes
Creation of computer account in Active Directory. 10 minutes
Rename and add computer to corporate domain. 10 minutes
Base software load: Antivirus, WinZip, Acrobat reader, IM, Win DVD, etc. 30 minutes
Office Service Packs and updates. 20 minutes
User specific application installs. 30 minutes
User specific hardware: PDA, printer, scanner, etc. 30 minutes
Restore User profile data. 30 minutes
Total time. 6 Hours
User intervention by technical personnel needed during entire process. 6 Hours
Estimated cost in labor (@ $60 per hour) $360.00 Per Rebuild
Build from a base image (Ghost, Drive Image, etc...):
Backup user profile data. 30 minutes
OS: Windows XP with Base software load. 30 minutes
Windows updates. 20 minutes
Creation of computer account in Active Directory. 10 minutes
Rename and add computer to corporate domain. 10 minutes
User specific application installs. 30 minutes
User specific hardware: PDA, printer, scanner, etc. 30 minutes
Restore User profile data. 30 minutes
Total time. 3.5 Hours
Actual man hours required (80% of total). 2.8 Hours
Estimated cost in labor (@ $60 per hour). $210.00 Per Rebuild
Light Touch Build Solutions Proposed by Legato:
Fully automated user profile data backup. 5 minutes
OS: Windows XP with Base software load. 15 minutes
Rename and add computer to corporate domain. 1 minute
Fully scripted installation of all user specific applications and Windows updates. 10 minutes
User specific hardware: PDA, printer, scanner, etc. 1 minute
Fully automated user profile data restore. 5 minutes
Total time. 37 Minutes
Actual man hours required. 10 minutes
Estimated cost in labor (@ $60 per hour). $10.00 Per Rebuild
Zero Touch Build Solutions Proposed by Legato:
Fully automated user profile data backup. 5 minutes
OS: Windows XP with Base software load. 15 minutes
Rename and add computer to corporate domain. 1 minute
Fully scripted installation of all user specific applications and Windows updates 10 minutes
User specific hardware: PDA, printer, scanner, etc. 1 minute
Fully automated user profile data restore. 5 minutes
Total time. 37 Minutes
Actual man hours required. 2 minutes
Estimated cost in labor (@ $60 per hour). $1.00 Per Rebuild
*** Please note that all time estimates approximate and are merely presented for cost avoidance comparisons.***
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