More Information on Virtualisation

Virtualisation lets one server do the job of multiple computers, by sharing the resources of a single computer across multiple environments.

Installing traditional physical servers would typically require a separate server for each server role. By utilising virtual server technology (Microsoft’s HyperV or VMWare, for example), the number of physical servers can be greatly reduced as virtual servers are consolidated on to fewer incidences of physical hardware. Virtualising servers will result in improved resource utilisation as well as reductions in real estate, power and cooling requirements. In addition, to energy saving and lower capital expenses due to more efficient use of hardware resources, virtualisation provides high availability of resources, increased security, and improved disaster recovery processes.

A virtualised platform is highly scalable, meaning that adding additional virtual servers as your company grows does not incur the same project, labour or capital costs as adding additional physical servers. In addition, organisations that deploy a virtualised environment will also reduce their energy consumption (and thereby reduce their carbon footprint) and improve the effectiveness of their disaster recovery plan.

Benefits of Virtualisation:

Consolidation

Utilise less space, less power, less hardware to operate the same or larger application environment by pooling common infrastructure resources and breaking the legacy "one application to one server" model.

Cost Control

With virtualization, you can reduce the number of servers and related IT hardware in the data centre. This leads to reductions in real estate, power and cooling requirements, resulting in significantly lower IT costs

Efficiency

Virtualization offers a new way of managing IT infrastructure and can help IT administrators spend less time on repetitive tasks such as provisioning, configuration, monitoring and maintenance.

Resilience

Leverage inherent benefits of virtualisation including high availability and business continuity

Green IT

Improve energy efficiency and reduce your carbon footprint

Scalability

A virtualised infrastructure that can grow as your business does

Manageability & Security

- Deploy, manage and monitor secure desktop environments that end users can access locally or remotely, with or without a network connection, on almost any standard desktop, laptop or tablet PC.