The design of an VMware Smart Assurance deployment must support an organization’s needs. Most Requests for Information (RFIs), Requests for Proposal (RFPs), or Requests for Quote (RFQs) begin with a description of the overall organization and its vertical market. Understanding the organization and its market can aid in making design choices. Typical vertical markets are listed in Typical vertical markets.

Table 1. Typical vertical markets

Examples of vertical markets

Communications

E-Business

Education

Financial

General Business

Government/Defense

Health Care

Hosting Service Provider

Network Outsourcers

Retail

Transportation

Wireless

Use an understanding of the business expectations in a vertical market to ensure a successful design. For example, each industry varies in the amount of downtime it can tolerate. As a general rule, financial organizations tolerate less downtime than organizations in the education vertical market. This can guide your design of polling and of escalation.