Empowered Networks

Virtualization and Cloud

If you are like most of our clients, you’ve begun realizing the benefits of server virtualization – increased agility from provisioning servers and/or moving applications in minutes and cost savings through reduced operating expenses by using less hardware.  Perhaps you’re already planning to standardize on a private cloud to go 100% virtual or to create a dynamic data center.

Virtualization is a journey, and you may be experiencing some growing pains.  Robust management tools are needed for service level agreement (SLA) management, but managing in a virtualized environment presents some unique challenges including: Visibility and Control, Scalability – “VM Sprawl”, Shortage of the “right” skills. Managing when virtualized and physical environment coexist and/or multiple virtual machine vendors are in play adds even more complexity.

These problems often culminate in “VM Stall”, with virtualization deployments grinding to a halt while IT figures out how to deal with them.  IT organizations need new and better ways to break down these barriers to realize the full IT and business potential of virtualization.

• We can help you understand where you are today in terms of Virtualization Maturity and how to accelerate your journey towards becoming truly a truly virtual data center using our Virtualization Assessment  
• Recommend, Source, Install and Support the right Tools for managing Virtualization (CA Technologies 3 new products)  plus  
• Improve your processes to make your Virtualization more efficient (virtual automation including chargebacks, user self service )
• Bring Specialty skills (Tools Experts, Operations Process Experts, Automation experts) to accelerate your success when you can’t find a particular skill, when you have a short term need, when it’s a non core function you’d rather outsource