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The potential of Virtualised Infrastructure to deliver business
benefits is clearly impressive, but not guaranteed.
Some organisations experience Virtualisation software through
evaluations within test and development environments and then
struggle to apply the technology effectively to real-world
systems. Failures to reproduce results obtained at testing
time, or to scale the environment across multiple servers
are common. These issues are not unexpected with first-time
implementations of technologies new to an organisation.
Knowing what benchmarking and preparation is required, understanding
the principles of scale that affect virtual environments and
the demand that virtualisation places upon the underlying
hardware is paramount to avoiding unnecessary disruption,
cost and delay. A new kind of infrastructure requires new
migration and management solutions and the knowledge to use
them effectively.
Working with a business partner that has qualified and accredited
practitioners of Virtual Infrastructure solutions, with practical
experience of deployments across a broad range of organisations,
is a key element of any successful implementation.
The true benefit of virtualisation cannot be realised
simply by installing a layer of virtual server software or
virtual storage software; it is the knowledge and experience
of those designing, measuring, configuring, implementing and
testing it, and adapting it to the prevailing physical environment,
which determines the degree of success.
Not all servers or applications are suitable for virtualisation
and there are some important issues of interoperability and
application demand that must be quantitatively measured and
addressed before even the design stage can properly begin.
With any relatively new area of technology there exists a
state of flux within product offerings, solutions and providers
and thus the potential to make poor investment.
Virbis is committed to working in close alliance with
its strategic Vendor and Distributor partners to be a trusted
source of Virtualised Infrastructure products and services,
to offer significant and lasting value, and to ensure that
our client’s always receive professional, competent
delivery.
A properly implemented Virtual Infrastructure will be at the
heart of an organisation’s IT capability for a long
time. Virbis, though training, seminars and its tradition
for close partnership with its clients, encourages the transfer
of knowledge to the relevant IT functions in order that they
may fully realise the benefits of their investment.
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