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Virtualisation is a way to run multiple operating systems on a single piece of hardware. The two primary uses are server virtualisation and desktop virtualisation. Virtualisation can help solve IT issues including hardware underutilisation, high operational support costs, energy consumption and air conditioning costs from growing physical IT infrastructures in a generally declining IT budget environment.
VMware is the clear established leader with 85% of the overall virtualisation software market. A recent report went onto to say that “competitors are at least two years behind VMware".
Virtualisation software sits between the physical hardware and the operating system. The software partitions the physical hardware into multiple virtual machines, each with their own processing power, memory, networking, storage and BIOS, enabling multiple OS’s (and their associated applications) to run in these virtual environments side by side on the same physical hardware. In a practical sense, virtualization would allow an enterprise to consolidate 3 servers into 1 by running a Windows virtual machine, a Linux virtual machine and an Unix virtual machine on a single server.
Sharing the computing resources of a server among virtual machines can dramatically increase its utilisation, which can enable an enterprise to reduce the number of physical servers and other hardware devices it uses, and reduce further investment in hardware as well. Other potential cost savings include lower energy costs as well a lower IT staffing and administrating costs. Benefits beyond cost saving of virtualisation include improved ability and security of IT environments and reduced space requirements in data centers. With virtualisation, an OS and its applications are no longer dependent on a particular physical server which brings benefits in improved up time and availability.
As a VMware Authorized Consultant (VAC) Partner SureSkills can deliver comprehensive end-to-end solutions to assess, plan, build and manage your VMware virtual infrastructure.
In addition to being an Authorized VMware Training Centre, Sureskills Professional Services Division are also Gold VMware Authorized Consultants http://vmwareprod.clickcommerce.com/PageRenderer.action and can provide your company with Professional Consulting Services in the areas of Infrastructure Optimization; Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery; Software Lifecycle Automation and Desktop Manageability and Security. These Professional Consulting Services include:
· Virtualization Workshop
· VMware Virtual Assessment,
· VMware VI3, P2V and Lab Manager Jumpstart Programme,
· VMware VI3 Healthcheck
· VMware POC,
· VMware Implementation (P2P, P2V, V2V), Configuration and Support Services.
If you wish to find out more about these services please contact denise.givens@sureskills.com or 01-2402212.