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Virtualisation technologies have grown rapidly in the last few years. But while technologies have advanced and capabilities have become more sophisticated over time, the motivation for virtualising resources and the anticipated benefits have remained the same.
The term 'Virtualisation' has really become an umbrella covering a large number of management technologies and implementation methods. This approach creates pools of shareable resources that enhances utilisation and ultimately, can automatically allocate the resources to match supply to demand. The long-term benefits from Virtualisation include:
- Reducing infrastructure costs by improving asset utilisation and simplifying the environment
- Reducing operating costs by simplifying administration and increasing worker productivity
- Reduce power consumption and heat output
- Reduce physical space required in the datacentre
- Improve security of data
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Like Virtualisation, there’s more to Computacenter than you might think, with offerings such as: Diverse Solutions – We are able to work across multiple server operating systems and storage sub-systems migrating platforms and integrate with third-party software to deliver a complete solution. Breadth and depth of capability – Our Consultants are accredited to the highest level to guarantee complete project insight from design, build, test and management for complete project success. Testing and proof of concept – The Solutions Centre is the ideal environment for prototyping and testing designs before they are implemented at no risk to your production systems. Computacenter has been performing desktop provision and Virtualisation professional services since its inception. Computacenter has delivered the largest number of HP Blade implementations in Europe and as such has a wealth of experience for our customers to call upon. VDI is another method of deploying desktops and Computacenter have ensured that they have the specific technical skills from the two key players today, VMWare and Citrix. Computacenter hold the most accreditations from HP in Europe. Computacenter is able to adapt existing Virtualisation knowledge and experience and apply it to the technologies of choice for each customer. We have a unique position of vendor independence for hardware and software solutions in this market and provide balanced view on all aspects of the solution deployment based on specific customer needs. Allied to Virtualisation technology skill-set, we have years of experience in the generic infrastructure and service areas that are implicated by Virtualisation and VDI deployment and therefore are able to provide a full end-to-end service. |
Computacenter has the insight to design, build, test and manage all Virtualisation infrastructure projects:
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Virtualisation is also a key method of providing instant disaster recovery across a wide range of Intel servers
with a minimum of redundant hardware kept in standby.
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Forward-looking organisations are already recognising the environmental, strategic and short-term financial advantages of a ‘green’ approach to their business operations. This trend is supported by increasing levels of government regulation aimed at reducing the environmental impact of business (e.g. the European WEEE Directive). The challenge now is to make the effort to go beyond compliance and PR. To address this need, Computacenter has launched a Green IT Advisory Roadmap, intended to assist its customers to develop effective environmental policies for the acquisition, operation and disposal of IT equipment. |  |
