Server Virtualisation

Reduce the cost of ownership and increase the reliability of your IT systems.

Server virtualisation provides the facility to run multiple server instances simultaneously on a reduced number of physical servers - the private infrastructure cloud - while enhancing manageability. Virtualisation has been proven to reduce capital and operating costs, while increasing application uptime and IT responsiveness1. Additionally, virtualisation is a strong enabling technology for business continuity and disaster recovery initiatives.

The capabilities introduced by virtualisation provide the following benefits:
  • Reduce costs by consolidating server resources into a single, flexible resource pool that can be shared between all virtual servers;
  • Increase IT's responsiveness to business and marketplace demands by providing a flexible infrastructure framework for rapidly deploying new application services;
  • Increase disaster recovery capabilities;
  • Enhanced availability capabilities;
  • Increase flexibility by reducing dependence on a single physical hardware vendor;
  • Build cost-effective, quick and effective development and test environments for production services; and,
  • Reduce costs in technical support, training and maintenance.
Our preferred virtualisation platform is VMware vSphere due to its proven business availability functionality and wide ecosystem of third-party vendors in the Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery areas.

How we can help you.

Our services in the Server Virtualisation space include:

Virtual Infrastructure Implementation: In a collaborative process, we assess your existing physical environment, design a right-sized virtual infrastructure for your current and future business requirements, and migrate your physical environment to the VMware vSphere virtualised platform.

Capacity Assessment: We can investigate your existing VMware environment to determine if both the architecture and capacity of the infrastructure is sufficient for future growth requirements, and make recommendations to suit your requirements and budget.

Operational Guidance: Managing a virtual infrastructure is different than managing a physical environment. We can assess how you are utilising your virtual environment and ensure that you are gaining all of the benefits of virtualisation while avoiding some of the pitfalls.

All of our services are delivered according to our guiding principles, to guarantee a quality outcome at a fixed price.

Next steps.

Contact us to discuss your Server Virtualisation requirements.

[1] Source: VMware, Reducing Server Total Cost of Ownership with VMware Virtualization Software.