| Companies have built business plans by setting their | | | | be done on the target environment. This type of |
| sights on virtualizing, over time, all layers of their | | | | consolidation is beneficial, but it is also suggested that |
| architecture for a premium benefit. Virtualizing | | | | companies consider a "cross-pollination" approach. This |
| resources, even if you do it over time, can create | | | | approach provides an enhanced quality of service for |
| unprecedented cost savings and flexibility. It is also | | | | the actual workload that's going to be placed on the |
| the reason why virtualization is a preliminary | | | | organization's servers. |
| technology for Cloud computing. | | | | Challenges Companies Face To Virtualize Their |
| Organizations taking advantage of these premium | | | | Environment |
| benefits are seeing real cost savings and efficiency | | | | While cloud computing is not a new concept for |
| results. Server savings have reached upwards of | | | | some companies, a large number of organizations, |
| 70% of their total cost. The hardware costs have | | | | large and small, have not been versed in this type of |
| been reported to be reduced up to 70%, and | | | | technology. Many companies are seeing the huge |
| maintenance costs reduced up to 50%. In regards to | | | | potential data center virtualization services can offer, |
| servers, you can see operation go anywhere | | | | but they tend to struggle with concerns of not being |
| between 10-30% all the way up to 65-70%. There is | | | | able effectively implement and manage their |
| also a possibility of up to 30% in increased storage | | | | virtualized environment. Also, not all workloads work |
| operation. You will also see a 25% annual reduction in | | | | well in a virtualized environment, so again, you have |
| acquiring new storage capacity. Adherently, there is | | | | to strategize effectively so that problems will not |
| an optimistic environmental financial impact in heating | | | | occur in your infrastructure. |
| and cooling. Based on the specific infrastructure size, | | | | Information security and reliability is a major issue due |
| complexity and maturity results will vary, but these | | | | to the ubiquitous presence of data in the daily lives |
| are strategies for companies to think about as they | | | | of people in the emerging global economy. Data is |
| consider virtualizing their infrastructure. | | | | quickly becoming extremely precious and sensitive, |
| Leveraging Virtualization To Deliver Cost Savings And | | | | ranging from financial information, personal identifiers, |
| Flexibility | | | | and customer relationship management. Staying on |
| There are three primary uses regarding virtualization. | | | | the cutting edge of the latest reliability and security |
| First, create a single point for the purpose of | | | | methods can be a major strain on an existing IT |
| consolidation and simplification. Second, unify separate | | | | department. |
| resources to operate together as a single resource. | | | | Realize The Full Potential And Benefits Of Cloud |
| Third, dynamically adjust the resource allocation to | | | | Computing |
| optimize the infrastructure you may already have. It | | | | To accelerate a system's virtualization infrastructure |
| is widely recommended that companies choose | | | | and discover the full potential and many benefits, |
| consolidation efforts that make the most sense for | | | | target a company that specializes in consolidation and |
| their own infrastructure. Most companies that are at | | | | virtualization solutions. Make sure that they match |
| least doing server consolidation have started to | | | | your existing and new requirements for the right |
| concentrate on storage optimization. Technology | | | | platform and optimize your infrastructure for both |
| consultants typically advise IT organizations to not | | | | efficiency and performance. There are many |
| only focus on their existing environment and servers | | | | technology companies that will give you examples of |
| that are in their infrastructure, but also look at | | | | how they have witnessed and achieved great |
| targeted environments where the consolidation will | | | | benefits from putting into place a strategic data |
| happen. | | | | center virtualization strategy and realized a huge |
| Many companies start by considering not to involve | | | | return on investment. |
| any migration. This reduces the need for planning to | | | | |