VIRTUALIZATION SOLUTIONS
To run a successful business, you continually face the challenges of needing to boost your resource capabilities and operational efficiency while reducing the cost of ownership and optimizing the return on your investment.
How do you manage these daunting tasks? Many organizations are currently using virtualization to meet these challenges.
Virtualization is the process of using software to enhance your computers' ability to work at a lower cost. In addition to expanding your resources and operational efficiency, vitualization strengthens your system's security and enhances the control you have over your information assets.
The three major types of virtualization include server, desktop, and application.
Server Virtualization – the most common application of virtualization. It uses software to divide a single physical server into what functions as multiple virtual servers. This reduces the number of physical machines you require, reduces the cost of hardware, and decreases the amount of power necessary to maintain that physical infrastructure. In addition, it frees up space in the data center and increases your system's flexibility and responsiveness.
Desktop Virtualization – puts a user’s desktop (OS and applications) onto a virtual machine (VM) running on the server. This shifts the maintenance of the applications from the individual user to the data center. Users have the same desktop experience as well as the ability to access their “desktop” from different devices—remotely as well as from the office. IT administrators gain control over
security, application sharing and compatibility, and compliance.
Application Virtualization – packages an application as a single entity that plugs into the underlying operating system without altering the operating system. This resolves the common, long-standing issues where application problems are caused by conflicts with the operating system or instability caused by incompatible files installed by the application.
How can virtualization help you?
Virtualization is becoming an essential component in your IT infrastructure. With limited IT funds and resources, you need a method of boosting the efficiency of your current IT infrastructure. Many of the benefits of virtualization include:
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Reduces the amount of hardware and cost in streamlining your data center.
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Lowers your power and cooling costs by requiring less hardware.
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Lets you achieve higher server utilization rates (up to 80% instead of the typical 10-25%) and you can optimize every server.
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Allows more flexibility because it takes less time to provision, move, and repurpose servers—virtual machines are hardware-independent and portable.
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Lets you replicate a virtual environment from site to site which can facilitate your business continuity and disaster recovery efforts.
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Keeps your PC computing platform up-to-date, standardized, and manageable, yet provides individual users with the flexibility they need.
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Applications can be safely developed and tested for multiple environments from a single workstation.
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Reduces your planned and unplanned downtime.
Potential Challenges with Virtualization
Virtualization changes they way you manage your data center. However, without properly analyzing how your data center will function, you can experience performance issues. Virtualization provides a seamless pool of resources, but managing those resources can be complex.
What Can You Do?
How do you balance the benefits and challenges of virtualization? Your IT system is unique. This means that to fully benefit from a properly implemented and operational virtualization system, you need an expert in business and technology that knows how to apply this powerful tool to your specific needs. Artemis is that expert.
How can Artemis Help You With Virtualization?
Artemis has a strategic focus on virtualization and understands how critical virtualization is to organizations of all sizes.
Artemis partners with VMware, Citrix, Microsoft, and other leading virtualization vendors which enabled us to find a solution that is best for you.
In our quest for excellence, Artemis employs some of the brightest and most highly skilled virtualization experts— including industry-recognized authorities, speakers, and authors. In addition, many of our engineers have worked at leading Fortune 500 companies. This gives them insight into your entire business. Artemis delivers virtualization solutions to meet the most challenging situations you have. This technology expertise is accompanied by reputable customer service.
Our Process
Initially we assess your existing environment and determine how you are currently using your servers including their consumption and the savings and improvements you could realize through virtualization and consolidation. But just as important, we study your business goals so our recommendations are based on your complete enterprise needs.
After the assessment, we design a virtualized infrastructure to make your environment as effective as possible by maximizing the benefits and minimizing the risks of virtualization. We deliver follow-up testing and implementation according to your scheduling needs.
After the installation, we perform training, ongoing assessments, and adjustments to make sure that everything continues to perform optimally under production work conditions.
What 's Next?
Virtualization done right can benefit your business by decreasing your operating expenses, increase your system's agility, and optimizing your business functions. This lets you respond better to changing business demands and concentrate on what technology can do for you instead of on what you need to do for it. Let Artemis help keep you on target with your virtualization goals.
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