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Server & Storage Virtualization
Virtualize servers for immediate savings and infrastructure efficiency.
- Server virtualization has immediate value as an enabler of server consolidation.
- As more workloads are virtualized, further operational efficiencies emerge in areas such as rapid provisioning, decreased downtime, and business continuity.
- Effective management of the virtual infrastructure is critical to realizing these more strategic benefits.
- Looking forward, server virtualization is a critical enabler of a completely abstracted utility infrastructure (internal cloud) for delivering IT as a service.
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Solution Road Map
Solution Sets
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Get the Most out of Server Virtualization
Develop a strategy to move infrastructure from a virtual fantasy to a virtual reality.
Included in Solution Set: 1 PowerPoint, 4 Tools, and 2 Templates.
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Vendor Landscape: Server Virtualization
Server virtualization continues to drive value in infrastructure consolidation and management while laying the foundation of private and public computing.
Included in Solution Set: 1 PowerPoint and 1 Tool
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Avoid Server Virtualization Implementation Pain
Virtualization is not a magic bullet. Poor scoping of infrastructure and business needs will lead to implementation pain.
Included in Solution Set: 1 PowerPoint, 2 Notes, 1 Tool
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Leverage Server Virtualization for DR Affordability and Agility
Virtualization is not just for consolidation - drive cost and complexity out of system availability and restore.
Included in Solution Set: 1 PowerPoint, 1 Video, and 6 Notes
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Build an Optimized Infrastructure-as-a-Service Internal Cloud
The best computing cloud is the one you've already started with server virtualization.
Included in Solution Set: 1 PowerPoint, 4 notes, 3 videos
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Use Cloud Computing to Achieve Small Enterprise Savings
Small businesses are in a unique position to gain advantage with cloud computing.
Included in Solution Set: 1 PowerPoint, 1 Video, 3 Notes
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Vendor Landscape: Cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service
Options are proliferating as Cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service provides a highly agile and low capital cost option for outsourcing IT infrastructure.
Included in Solution Set: 1 PowerPoint, 1 Tool
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Manage & Plan Capacity for the Internal Cloud
You cannot afford to assume that the data center has unlimited capacity; this is even more true for the internal cloud.
Included in Solution Set: 1 PowerPoint, 1 Tool, 3 Templates, and 1 Video.
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Vendor Landscape: Cloud Management
Add a layer of abstraction and automation to your infrastructure to create a private, virtual private, public, or hybrid cloud environment.
Included in Solution Set: 1 PowerPoint, 1 tool
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Power the IaaS Cloud with a Cloud Management Solution
Virtualization alone does not provide the automation, self-service, orchestration, and metering you need to offer a true cloud infrastructure service.
Included in Solution Set: 1 PowerPoint, 1 Tool, and 1 Template