Solution Areas

Recognizing that not all customer situations are alike, Northern divides the core capabilities of NSS into “Solution Areas” and subscriptions to these Solution Areas can be purchased separately. This enables customers to subscribe only to the areas necessary for them to meet their goals.

NSS’ five Solution Areas are defined by the needs that they fulfill:

• Data Stewardship Framework (DSF)
  Establish and maintain a structure of data ownership; associating file service use with lines of business, departments, or projects, etc.
• Information Governance and Compliance (IGC)
  Gain a deep understanding of how the file service is being used for the purposes of improving information security and reducing data-related risk.
• Self-Service Data Management (DDM)
  Involve data owners in pro-active management of their data.
• Centralized File Service Management (CFSM)
  Provide the infrastructure or file service management team with full visibility on patterns of file service use, and the ability to control that use.
• File Service Cost Distribution (FSCD)
  Distribute the cost of file service provision between internal or external customers.

Key Features in each Solution Area

If you wish to learn more about the types of data management challenges you can resolve with your current subscription entitlement, if you wish to learn more about adding new Solution Areas to unlock new possibilities, or if you’re unsure of which capabilities of NSS are available to your organization today, please contact your Account Manager, or salesglobal@northern.net.