Virtualisation - The Benefits

Q. What is virtualisation?

A. 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:

Increasing hardware utilisation and reducing hardware spend
Lowering your infrastructure costs
Reducing your physical and carbon footprint
Decreasing staff costs

Free Virtualisation Review and Report

To help businesses understand the implications and opportunities of a virtualised IT infrastructure, Concise IT are offering 10 leading companies a complimentary consultancy review & bespoke report from our qualified VMware expert, Robert Burrell.

The package is worth over £1500 (but at no cost to you).

Some of the areas covered in the Virtualisation report are:

· Increasing hardware utilisation and reducing hardware spend
· Lowering network infrastructure costs
· Reducing your physical and carbon footprint
· Decreasing staff costs by simplifying and automating operations
· Gaining maximum uptime with more reliable, easier to deploy DR solutions

To find out more or to confirm this unique opportunity please call Andrew on: 0800 083 3160 before 31st December 2008. Alternatively visit our Network Solutions Virtualisation page