Virtualization

Virtualization separates applications, operating systems, and storage from physical hardware to enable more flexible, scalable, fault-tolerant, and cost-effective IT infrastructures. Today's server and storage platforms provide greater scalability than ever before. Dealing with the proliferation of single-purpose servers to support client/server applications, IT professionals are consolidating operating systems, applications, and storage into high-performance, scalable systems that improve the reliability and manageability of strategic IT resources.

Server Virtualization
As enterprises grow, IT organizations must rapidly add computing capacity-often in the form of new servers with a variety of operating environments. The resulting server sprawl is costly in terms of capital and people needed to operate, manage, and upgrade new servers. Server consolidation provides a solution for these problems. Virtual infrastructure enables workload isolation and granular resource control for all of the system's computing and I/O resources.

Application Virtualization
In the age of mobility, providing secure access to information on demand can be a significant competitive advantage. Employees can generate revenue in more places, work more flexibly and productively, with easy access to all appropriate resources, and continue to drive business beyond standard office hours.

Storage Virtualization
Today, virtual storage solutions enable enterprises to efficiently manage storage resources across an array of systems and applications. Each new instance of storage can introduce new management costs and silos of excess capacity that cannot be leveraged, without a solid storage strategy.