Virtualization

  • From a new buzz word to a well developed and proven technology

    There are not many technologies, which are young and which have changed in such a short period of time the existing landscape of computing centers and their future development trends.Virtualization is definitely one of these technologies, which have achieved this.

    At the present moment in time virtualization is increasingly being used in productive environments of computing centers in small and medium-sized  companies and right up to global market leaders. Virtually everyone is aware of the main advantage: cost saving through better utilization of the server and thereby lower investment in hardware and reduced operating costs. Virtualization offers however much more than that, since it ...

    (+) increases availability and scalability
    (+) creates new implementation possibilities for clustering and backup
    (+) ensures a high degree of deployment speed and interruption-free maintenance
    (+) facilitates better manageability
    (+) offers even more security and flexibility
    (+) makes its own contribution to the Green IT trend

    Virtualization arrived in order to enable several virtual servers to be operated on physically one machine. In this way it was developed to become a basic foundation stone of cloud computing. Yet another concept which is already influencing, and will do so more in the future, the way in which companies  go about in-house and outside IT resourcing.

    Virtualization as part of your competitive strategy

    Computing centers are today very often the heart of a company's processes. That also applies to companies where IT has previously never played a great role. Most companies are certain that there are no alternatives to virtualization. The majority however do not use all its potential advantages.

    Special network and storage virtualization are underrated, whereas people tend to limit themselves to server virtualization. Other challenges are those of the consolidation of existing platforms, of new management approaches, as well as there being no clear view about the existing infrastructure or the requirements and limitations of individual applications. In order to use computing center virtualization to its optimum extent, it is essential to have an experienced partner at ones side, who possesses the necessary knowledge to be able to cover all aspects, from the development of a strategy, through to the design and proof of concept and right up to performance fine-tuning and troubleshooting.

    ICB GmbH - Your partner in virtualization

    The experts at ICB for computing centers and virtualization have extensive experience and specific technical knowledge in this area. Since they are independent of manufacturers, they can concentrate on the special needs of customers and develop a customized solution, which best suits the customer's requirements. Below is a sample illustration of our portfolio of services:

    • Design of a tailor-made virtualized environment, which takes into account the existing server landscape as well as the application and business requirements.
    • Planning of the consolidation of existing applications
    • Analysis of the cost-effectiveness of the virtualization solution (TCO)
    • Integration of server, network and storage virtualization
    • Proof of concept, performance tuning, troubleshooting

    Do you have any questions about any aspects of virtualization or would you like to receive further information and advice from our ICB experts? If so please do not hesitate to speak to us.

  • Your Contact Person

     
    Mr. Andrey Kaydun
    Phone +49 89 125090826
    Email