Brand_Name_Justification.pdf

RFQ OS155871

Brand Name Justification

Procurement of Additional Northern Storage Suite Licenses, Support and Maintenance

The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Office of the Secretary (OS), Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO), Office of Information Technology Infrastructure and

Operations (ITIO), requires additional Northern Storage Suite Licenses, and renewal of maintenance support.

Northern Storage Suite (NSS) is a software solution that enables organizations to control the use of storage resources. It is a user and data centric software solution that enables organizations to constrain data growth, align the value of data with the cost of storage, and extends the life of storage infrastructure thus making efficient storage consumption a part of business culture

Northern Storage Suite enables ITIO to balance the need to deliver high quality file serving with the need to drive efficiency throughout all operations by providing insight into how storage resources are being consumed, including current and future risk, highlights of opportunities for increased efficiency and transforms behavior.

Northern and their suite of products work hand in hand with the EMC Enterprise Storage

Solution (Enterprise Storage) already in place. NSS is a Certified Software Partner for EMC for implementing storage quotas, storage type limitations, and storage reporting. Changing to competitive products will require massive overhaul of the entire system which could result in major delays and unwarranted use of resources since NSS meet FISMA and OMB policies, standards.

Vendors bidding on this procurement must be an Authorized Reseller for Northern Storage Suite products. Technical Support will be through Northern Parklife, Inc. (NSS Parent Company)