As with any networking project, the proper deployment of key infrastructure resources is vital to realizing the benefits of virtual systems. When dealing with virtualization services, there are really two infrastructures to consider: the physical and the virtual. Understanding the two will illustrate many of the reasons that virtualization has such a positive effect on […]
Virtualization Strategy: Establishing a Phased Workload Selection Plan
If you’re developing a virtualization strategy to plan how you’ll switch over to your new virtual server systems, we strongly recommend you implement a phased deployment. This gives you the freedom to slowly expand your the virtual systems as your technical staff becomes more confident in their abilities. […]
Virtualization Services: Application and Hardware Specification
If you move to using virtual networks, you’ll quickly find that virtualization services offer numerous benefits to your business. One of the most dramatic improvements come from the changes you can make to your application and hardware specifications, as well as to their provisioning. A virtual network can make this process significantly more efficient, as […]
Virtualization Strategy: Preparing Your Team
When planning the deployment of a virtual network, one element we strongly recommend for your virtualization strategy is the creation of a core team – a SWAT team – which is tasked with overseeing the rollout and its integration into your existing procedures. A virtualization project is big enough that it needs to be led […]
Virtualization Services: Understanding Changes To IT Infrastructure
Perhaps it goes without saying, but when you’re rolling out virtualization services throughout your company, many of the most dramatic changes to your organization are going to occur within your IT infrastructure. To properly deploy a virtual environment and reap as many benefits to it as possible, you and your IT staff need to be […]
Virtualization Strategy: 3 Best Practices For Deployment
There are numerous benefits to virtualization that make it attractive to businesses, but the initial rollout of a virtual network can be daunting. Deploying these new systems can be easy or hard, mostly depending on how robust your virtualization strategy is. The more you plan ahead and focus on integration, the better it will go, […]
Virtualization Strategy: Conducting a Proper Infrastructure Assessment
Whenever any company moves their physical servers onto a virtual system, they need a strong virtualization strategy informing every step of the changeover. Better planning leads directly to better implementation. Therefore, we strongly recommend anyone investigating the benefits of virtualization conduct a thorough infrastructure assessment before beginning implementation. […]
Virtualization Benefits: 4 Key Success Factors
Just like with any large-scale change to your business, the benefits of virtualization can come more slower or more quickly depending on how effectively you roll it out. The success of your virtual networking mostly depends on planning ahead properly, and using the most efficient methods possible to ensure a smooth changeover. This is the […]
How to Select a Virtualization Vendor
When choosing a virtualization vendor, you should be focused on more than just the product. The vendor you select should be able and willing to become a genuine, ongoing partner that will provide consistent direction, support, and innovation in helping you achieve your goals for virtualization. […]
6 Virtual Server Implementation Terms To Know
When considering the possibilities of server virtualization for your business, it’s important to understand basic relevant terms, such as the following six. […]