Virtualisation Solutions, VMware
Implementation & Server Consolidation
Services
Business pressures are causing IT
departments to be continually tasked
with reducing costs and increasing
service levels. At the same time they
also have to build an IT infrastructure
that can quickly respond to evolving
business needs. Historically, increased
demands have been met by adding
technology resources, but this method is
not only inefficient it can no longer
satisfy the above criteria. Now there is
a solution that can meet these
conflicting requirements –
virtualisation.
Virtualisation can help your
organisation optimise, pool and share IT
resources in a way that:
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Reduces costs
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Saves time
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Makes your IT infrastructure more
flexible
What is virtualisation?
Virtualisation is the pooling and
sharing of IT resources, including
servers, storage and networking. In a
virtualised environment, the logical
functions of computing, storage and
network elements are separated from
their physical functions.
Elements from these pools can then be
manually or automatically allocated to
meet the changing needs and priorities
of a business. These concepts can be
applied broadly across the enterprise,
from data centre resources to PCs and
printers.
It enables people, processes and
technology to work together more
efficiently to meet increased service
levels. Since capacity can be allocated
dynamically, over-provisioning is
eliminated and your entire IT
infrastructure is simplified.
Example
“Some Application Servers typically run
at a mere 5-15% CPU utilisation.
Transforming physical Servers into
Virtual Servers and consolidating them
would see an increase in utilisation by
up to 80%, whilst significantly reducing
running costs.”
Benefits
Virtualisation delivers quantifiable
savings in both capital and operating
costs by:
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Increasing hardware utilisation and
reducing hardware spend
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Lowering your infrastructure costs
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Reducing your physical and carbon
footprint
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Decreasing staff costs
