5 Top Reasons to Virtualize Servers Today

How do you accelerate virtualization for yourdepartments maximize cost savings and improve
enterprise - and take IT flexibility and cost savings tobusiness continuity. Our solutions address both
the next level? WAN optimization is a class ofphysical and virtual infrastructure, and can be easily
technology that has rapidly been adopted acrossmanaged through a single console.
enterprises in order to address the challenges ofA Familiar Platform
bandwidth limitations and latency over the WAN. InMicrosoft virtualization solutions are based on familiar
this paper, we examine the trends toward serverWindows interfaces and work with well-known
consolidation and virtualization, and how WANWindows-based technologies. And because the
optimization can help IT organizations like yours solvesolutions are Windows-based, they are supported by
the key challenges of application performance anda broad network of experienced partners who can
information availability within these environments.rapidly respond to your business needs.
Virtualization and infrastructure consolidation can offerSavings and Value
significant benefits for both IT and businessWith Hyper-V in Windows Server & system
operations. The combination of WAN optimizationcenter, virtualizing your enterprise with Microsoft can
solutions along with virtualization offers CIOs thecost less than competitive products and help you
unique opportunity to strategically enable their ITmaximize the return on your virtualization investment.
operations, and improve service delivery while savingSeamless Physical and Virtual Management
costs at the same time. IT managers would be wellMicrosoft virtualization technologies enable you to
served to consider both technologies as keyoptimize your assets, centrally managing all of your
components of the IT infrastructure going forward.physical and virtual resources across multiple
From data center to desktop, Microsoft Virtualizationhypervisors down to the application level.
delivers. At Microsoft, virtualization means helping IT