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VIRTUALISATION What is Virtualisation? Virtual infrastructure provides a layer of abstraction between the computing, storage and networking hardware, and the software that runs on it. Virtual infrastructure simplifies IT so you can leverage your storage, network, and computing resources to control costs and respond faster. In a virtual infrastructure, users see resources as if they were dedicated to them. The administrator manages and optimises resources globally across the enterprise. Why Virtualise? uptime's virtual infrastructure architecture solutions enables you to lower IT cost through increased efficiency, flexibility and responsiveness. Managing a virtual infrastructure enables IT to connect resources to business needs quickly. With virtual infrastructure, you can provision new services and change the amount of resources dedicated to a software service. Your data centre can be treated as a single pool of processing, storage and networking power. Adopting virtual infrastructure lets IT be responsive to business needs: 60-80% utilisation rates for Intel servers up from today's 5-15% Provisioning times for new applications measured in tens of seconds, not days Response times for change requests measured in minutes Zero-downtime hardware maintenance without waiting for maintenance windows uptime's added value uptime can help you to lower costs, respond faster and deliver flexible and consistent IT, using Virtualisation and Unified Storage. Lower Costs: You don't pay for what you don't need You get more out of your IT investments Easier to separate the strategic IT investments from the commodity IT functions Respond faster to business demand: Integration with partners and customers is easier Expansion activities can happen faster Resources can be deployed or moved quickly to the business units that need them Deliver IT that's more flexible and consistent: Leverages technologies you are already investing in: SAN, vLAN, etc. Gives you lower-cost platform options It lowers risk and increases responsiveness	solutions Consolidation Database & Application Administration Desktop Management Directory Services & Single Sign On Messaging Security & Networking Server Based Computing Systems & Storage, DataCenter Systems Management Virtualisation related topics Technical expertise: Microsoft, Softricity, VMware Services Coaching, Jumpstarts partners: Linux, Microsoft, Softricity, VMware
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