Customers by Solution - Server Consolidation
1800Radiator
With VMware Infrastructure 3, 1800Radiator not only enabled a new and improved DR strategy, but also dramatically cut power and hardware costs and received a $6,000 PG&E rebate check.
“By virtualizing my servers using VMware Infrastructure 3 Enterprise, I’ve got total redundancy, I don’t have to allocate a separate machine for every application, and I’m no longer facing $100,000 in new infrastructure costs just to keep up with business demands. We now have the infrastructure to provide the best business applications and services in the entire automotive aftermarket parts industry.”
Snapshot (pdf)Abacus
Abacus International Cuts Server Costs as First Singapore-based Firm to Implement VMware Virtual Infrastructure Software
“As a forward-looking company, we constantly seek out innovative solutions and take bold steps to revolutionize the way we work. Innovation is VMware’s hallmark and their software gives us an added competitive edge. With a full VMware virtual infrastructure in place, we can now match the right virtualization tool to the required application performance. This flexible and nimble approach helps us maintain our leadership in a competitive marketplace and meet our present and future business needs. We view VMware as a long term strategic partner.”
Addleshaw Goddard
Addleshaw Goddard Outlaws Data Center Inefficiencies With VMware Software
"We first implemented VMware ESX Server to avoid the high costs of purchasing multiple servers and our use has grown organically ever since. VMware is now part of every major IT rollout and we actually treat ESX Server as if it were hardware. VMware software is a critical building block of our infrastructure that has introduced an unprecedented level of flexibility by making our applications portable."
AIG Technologies
AIG Technologies Uses VMware ESX Server to Boost ROI, Enhance Business Response
"Our customers are our highest priority. Product quality and customer service are two key metrics by which we measure success at AIGT-and VMware has helped improve both."
Association of Teachers and Lecturers
Association of Teachers and Lecturers Learns Value of VMware Virtual Infrastructure
"With VMware virtual infrastructure, provisioning new services and changing existing resources dedicated to our software services is extremely manageable. We’ve also been able to increase the continuity of services dramatically by allowing our software to be independent from physical hardware, avoiding the constant developing, updating and testing of expensive disaster recovery plans."
Atkins
Atkins Engineers Complete IT Overhaul With VMware Virtual Infrastructure
"We have completely transformed our IT infrastructure by moving to a virtual infrastructure and the benefits are being felt already. Our hardware, resources are being used more efficiently, enabling us to start bringing power and space consumption under control."
Australian Centre for the Moving Image
VMware® Infrastructure delivers cost-effective server consolidation, real-time backup, strong redundancy and high availability
"This virtual environment has enabled us to constrain costs while delivering our applications reliably. We are now keen to explore the potential of desktop virtualization and plan to undertake some prototyping towards the end of the year."
Aveve Group
Aveve Weeds Out Server Sprawl with VMware Virtual Infrastructure
"In the long term, we needed a way of keeping server sprawl under control as the number of companies using the centralized system increased. However, in the short term, it was critically important that we were able to ensure high server performance and implement a reliable disaster recovery strategy. VMware virtual infrastructure has given us a highly flexible solution that we can easily grow when it’s needed."
AXA Technology Services
AXA Technology Services Uses VMware ESX Server to Meet Consolidation Goals Without Compromising Performance
"We wanted to gain the benefits of server consolidation, but we needed to guarantee that the performance of broker applications running on virtual machines would be as reliable as running them on physical servers. With VMware ESX Server, we were able to successfully migrate our applications to virtual machines, and the applications ran flawlessly."
Baptist Healthcare System
Baptist Healthcare System Uses Full Line of VMware Products for Cost Savings, Ease of Management and High Performance
“Ever since we first looked at VMware technology, each time a new product has come out, we've found a role for the software.”
Baytex Energy Trust
Oil and Gas Company Achieves Quick Server Deployment and Application Installation with VMware Virtual Infrastructure
“If you are considering VMware software, grab the bull by the horns. It's awesome. You can only get benefits. The benefits also grow the more you embrace the technology.”
Bharat Petroleum
VMware Fuels Rapid Application Deployment and Generates Server Consolidation Cost Savings for Bharat Petroleum
“VMware ESX server is a great solution. We definitely recommend to anyone considering server consolidation to go with VMware solutions. It is a revolutionary and proven concept that can drastically reduce TCO. We've used it very successfully in our company.” —Anil Kumar Kaushik, Deputy General Manager, IIS Infrastructure
Bobst Group
Bobst Group Stacks Up Savings with VMware Virtual Infrastructure for Scalability and Server Containment
"In 24-36 months, we plan to have all sites in Bobst Group use a virtual platform for core business functions."
Brisbane City
Server Consolidation Yields More Than Just Cost Savings for Growing Australian City
“We’re extremely happy with how VMware ESX Server performs. We’re now moving to a two-step process to put the consolidated servers into production.”
CDW
CDW Combats Servesr Sprawl and Saves $25,000 a Month with VMware Virtual Infrastructure
"We calculate that it's about $2,000-2,500 cheaper to deploy a virtual machine than a physical one. Based on our server growth rate, that's a savings of about $25,000 a month."
Chitale Dairy
Deploy A Highly Redundant, Dynamic And Scalable Virtualized Environment Based On VMware Technologies
“VMware has proven to be fantastic. It delivers a reliable, cost effective infrastructure that enables us to operate for 24 hours a day, seven days of the week, 365 days of the year.”
CoperGMPS
CoperGMPS Banks on VMware to Streamline Datacentre
"One of the key advantages of VMware ESX Server is that the ability to manage resources dynamically, such as CPU and memory, allows us to have optimally-sized machines at all times. This means that we get the best value for money out of our investment and can offer a first class service to our customers."
Crimtrac
VMware ESX and Virtual Center infrastructure enables enterprise-class performance while saving space, money, and time
“The benefit to the business is in the development and running of the systems. We can support our law enforcement agencies better and be more agile in how we deliver our services.”
Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI)
VMware Virtual Infrastructure Cures Anemic CPU Utilization and Heals Hardware for Duke Clinical Research Institute
"Almost all of our new application servers are now deployed as virtual machines. In the past 16 months, we've built two physical Windows boxes and more than 40 virtual ones!"
EDS
Use VMware virtualization technologies to enable EDS and its clients to reduce environmental impact without compromising corporate objectives
“The increasing maturity of virtualization and the growing support from independent software vendors is helping fuel deployment of VMware virtualization across production environments. This means more businesses are redeploying or disposing of inefficient hardware and consolidating their data center infrastructure onto multiple virtual server environments, thus contributing to a reduction in power consumption."
Energie AG
Energie AG Achieves 25:1 Server Consolidation Ratio Plus High Availability
"The need to save space was the immediate reason for our migration into a virtual infrastructure. In addition to a consolidation ratio of 25:1, we also somewhat incidentally acquired an elegant high-availability solution. The cost factor is the ‘dot on the i’ of the entire project."
Errebian
VMware 10:1 Server Consolidation Enables Increased Business for Italian Office Supplier Errebian S.p.A.
"Errebian is a leading company in the Italian office supply market, and our mission is to provide our customers with the best mix of high-availability and cutting-edge technology. This keeps us one step ahead of the competition by investing in the know-how to continually provide innovative new solutions. VMware software enables us to meet this mission, and it gives us the companywide feeling that we have enhanced our ability to provide solutions to our customers."
Five
VMware infrastructure supports extensive library of virtual machines for testing, while providing effective disaster recovery platform
“Virtualisation gives us a lot more flexibility from a disaster recovery standpoint compared to using physical hardware. In the event of an issue, we can bring up the services that we need to meet the organisation’s business requirements quickly. We also see virtualisation providing us with an opportunity to significantly reduce our power and cooling requirements.”
Fjord Seafood
Fjord Seafood Nets 66 Percent Server Reduction with VMware Virtual Infrastructure
"I can't tell you what a relief it is to be able to work in this way. Before we discovered VMware technology we were expecting to have to work on a ‘one application, one server' basis. ESX Server allows us to run Windows 2000, Windows 2003 and SuSe Linux 9 on just two physical machines, whilst also squeezing enough performance out of our Backup ERP system. I did not think this was possible."
Florida Department of Transportation
Florida Department of Transportation Reduces Data Center Costs
"VMware GSX Server has proven to be a fast and reliable platform for server consolidation"
Global Telecommunications Company
VMware Helps Global Telecom Provider* Increase Performance and Utilization While Phasing Out Old Hardware
“My company has 15 or 20 sites, and not all of them are using VMware software yet. I’m trying to communicate my successes internally to make the other sites aware of my experiences with VMware and to encourage broader adoption.”
Health First
Health First Maintains a High Level of System Availability while Managing Unprecedented Growth
"We were able to maintain an extremely high level of clinical and enterprise system availability despite the challenge of managing unprecedented growth in our existing data center environment. Not only did we manage to avoid any type of temporary deployment outside our protected environment, but we also managed to save over $100,000 in capital expenditures. Additionally, we experienced operational improvements including the ability to rapidly respond to customer requirements."
Helix Financials
VMware® Infrastructure Enables Cost-Effective Operation Of Multiple Virtual Machines On Consolidated Server Hardware
“VMware virtualization has enabled us to support a sharp rise in staff numbers without investing in several new physical servers or significantly upgrading our data center space, cooling and power."
Hewlett-Packard
HP Adopts VMware Virtual Infrastructure Worldwide
"The VMware implementation eliminates a large amount of costs for hardware contracts and ups the utilization of the servers; so HP ends up getting a better bang for the buck.”
IXIS Capital Markets
VMware Virtual Infrastructure Helps IXIS Maintain a Bull-Market Edge
“Using VMware VMotion, we completed a patch upgrade from ESX Server 2.5 to 2.5.1 during the week, while our traders were trading, with zero downtime. Try doing that in a physical world!”
Manukau Institute of Technology
VMware Aids New Zealand Education Institute in Reduction of Server Hardware, and Better Resource Management
“We used to associate a service with a server, now we have a pool of resources. If a server fails, the service isn’t compromised. So, you get a very, very efficient use of the hardware resource.”
Marine Corps Enterprise Network
VMware Enlisted to Serve Marine Corps Enterprise Networking Requirements
"The MCNOSC needed an affordable and easy-to-manage alternate site with real-time data transfer that would be reliable in the event of a catastrophe. The VMware virtual infrastructure so effectively met these requirements that it is being leveraged for regional server farm and deployed operations implementation "
Merrill Lynch
Merrill Lynch's Investment in VMware Technology is a Win for Jacksonville Campus
“While we initially chose VMware virtual infrastructure to address development hardware problems by reducing hardware costs and decreasing server deployment time, we soon discovered additional benefits to adopting the technology, including server portability, protection, and availability. All the advantages provided by VMware software have created an ideal work environment for our developers, allowing them to develop applications more efficiently. With virtual machines, developers avoid downtime and bring products to the market faster. We also envision that the flexible and efficient virtual infrastructure will allow even greater disaster recovery options, virtual labs, training, and desktop portability.”
Moen
VMware Virtual Infrastructure Saves Moen From Hardware Flood
"Being able to set up a production server in hours translates into the developer being able to develop instead of waiting, the marketing manager being able to get feedback on marketing projects quickly. They don't have to wait for deployment or wait for things to be recovered. It greatly contributes to the company's agility."
Monroe Shine
Monroe Shine Credits VMware for Capitalizing IT Servers
"We’ve always been committed to proactively developing and following five-year business, marketing, succession, and staff plans, but our IT decisions were one-off and reactive. Our IT system was a liability, but with VMware virtual infrastructure now in place, it is an asset. Once we’ve upgraded all our servers to the same type of processors, we hope to have everything in all locations running on VMware virtual infrastructure."
Nexans Group
Nexans Benelux Relieves Tension with VMware Software
“We faced the challenge of finding a solution that was properly compatible with our heterogeneous environment. VMware virtual infrastructure has taken up the strain for us and we can continue using all of our existing software on the same hardware, without needing to worry about increasing user numbers. We can now provision a new virtual server in less than an hour. Application deployment is also now much quicker, and takes barely an hour, instead of the four or five hours per server previously.”
NTUC
NTUC Takes A First Step Towards Utility Computing Future With VMware Virtual Infrastructure, Saves Millions While Enhancing Service
“We eventually want to move to a utility-computing model with computing power and services on tap. That way, we pay for what we use rather than being hampered with underused resources that rapidly depreciates in value. VMware virtual infrastructure is a key step to reaching that goal. VMware virtual nfrastructure provides the foundation for next-generation systems nfrastructure, which will put us in a good place for future growth.”
Nufarm
Nufarm uses VMware to get business back online after a fire urns down their data centre
“When the fire wiped us out, VMware was the only thing that could get the business back online with the speed it did. When we really needed it VMware ESX server enabled us to get the most out of our hardware – and continues to do so”
Nurses Board of Victoria
VMware® Infrastructure delivers cost-effective server consolidation, high availability and strong mission-critical registration system
“NBV has substantially enhanced its IT environment, culminating in a virtualized setup capable of supporting critical applications including a new nurse registration system”
Orica
Engaged VMware Premier Partner Data#3 To Deploy A Flexible, Dynamic And Scalable Virtualized Environment Based On Vmware Infrastructure
"Our virtualized server infrastructure has enabled us to quickly deploy applications in response to business demand, particularly from our mining services operation which is riding the wave of the resources boom."
Oxford University
Oxford University Computing Services Benefits from Using VMware Virtual Infrastructure
"We are constantly looking for ways to improve the flexibility and resilience of our infrastructure and have found that a VMware virtual infrastructure is the best way of achieving this. Not only does it mean we operate our core services more efficiently on fewer servers with higher utilization, but it also opens up more opportunities for the provision of specialist, revenue-generating services."
Petrobras Energía
Virtual Infrastructure Lowers Costs and Increases Scalability for Petrobras Energía
"We were quickly able to recover our investment in the software because it resulted in so many IT infrastructure savings. For example, we did not need to buy as much hardware, and the software allows us to conserve space and resources. Also, being able to quickly provision new servers and centrally manage our infrastructure has created an efficient IT infrastructure."
Pioneer Telephone
Pioneer Telephone Customers Stay Online with VMware Virtual Infrastructure
"Before, we didn’t have unused servers lying around that we could just use and throw away. We couldn’t take on projects if it was not in our budget. Now, we have requests for projects, and we can put in a virtual machine. We’ve been able to run more applications, including some in-house projects.”
Ports Of Auckland
VMware Virtualization Infrastructure ensures replicated data can be restored quickly while reducing cost and environmental footprint.
"Deploying VMware virtualization infrastructure has enabled us to enhance our disaster recovery and redundancy capabilities and ensure we can continue to support the business in the event of an outage."
QUALCOMM
Qualcomm and VMware: Ten Page Case Paper
“We’ve utilized VMotion extremely heavily. It offers so many benefits: being able to deal with downtimes, being able to do maintenance on the hardware supporting ESX Server hosts, and being able to balance resources. VMotion is a must-have capability for anyone seriously thinking of deploying virtual infrastructure.”
Republic Polytechnic
At the Forefront of Educational Excellence, Republic Polytechnic Uses VMware for Innovative Problem-Based Learning
"VMware Workstation and ESX Server have given us a platform to build a much larger infrastructure when we move to our new campus. In addition, they helped us save money on hardware and real estate without compromising our ability to deliver a real-world experience to our students."
Russell Investment Group
VMware Virtual Infrastructure Methodology Enables Russell Investment Group to Set up Scalable Lab Infrastructure
"Our business proposition to our clients is very strong. We've grown over the last 10 years and will continue to grow. The only way we can keep up on the technology side is to put tools like this in place so we're much more flexible, agile, and quicker to respond to our business needs."
Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada Harvests $1.3 Million in Savings
"Some might say that virtualization is virtualization, but it’s really the tools and packaged deal that VMware offers that led us to our final—and very good—decision to go with VMware virtual infrastructure."
Stoll
Stoll Knitting-Machine Factory Gathers IT Threads with VMware
"Use the VMware Workstation trial or complete version. Install server systems as a test lab and gain basic experience with the virtualization of server systems. You’ll want to learn more."
Tellabs
In 2004, Tellabs implemented VMware software, and two years later it upgraded to VMware Infrastructure 3, to virtualize its servers.
"In 2006, our CIO presented to our entire company that virtualization was a strategic initiative. Time and again, it has proved its worth. We’ve seen the new VMware High Availability, for instance, kick in several times and it’s worked flawlessly. So management finally said, ‘Let’s make it a strategy,’ and now everyone looks at virtualization and VMware first."
Townsville City Council
VMware virtualization reduces cooling and power requirements, provides a robust, dynamic platform to support the new Townsville City Council and enhances server CPU utilization
"VMware has allowed us to stabilize our data center power requirements and provided a robust, scalable platform to support our merger with Thuringowa City Council."
TQ3Navigant
VMware Increases Overhead Storage for TQ3Navigant
"Aside from the incredible space savings, it's nice that I can do builds from home, travel or wherever. I've gotten calls at home when I would have previously had to come into the office in the middle of the night to rebuild a machine or even evaluate whether someone could function without it temporarily. Now I can easily rebuild a server from home in just a few minutes."
US Census Bureau
As the United States Census Bureau prepares for the 2010 census, it must set up resources that can process a monumental amount of data. Seeking to minimize space, power and cooling requirements, while maximizing the value of existing and new hardware, the Bureau has chosen to virtualize its IT environment with VMware® Infrastructure 3.
“VMware technology, especially VMotion, has changed the way we think about systems — quite drastically. With virtualization, I no longer think of a machine as tied to a physical piece of hardware. Instead I look at a rack, or a pair of racks, knowing that a virtual machine could float anywhere within the two.”
VariQ
The agency turned to VariQ to implement VMware® Infrastructure 3 Enterprise with integrated disaster recovery functionality. The solution helped the agency to increase uptime, maintain high application availability and reduce recovery time.
"The VMware Infrastructure 3 Enterprise snapshot features combined with our shared SAN storage mesh are truly impressive. We have reduced application testing to production lifecycles by 300 percent."
VariQ
The agency turned to VariQ to implement VMware Infrastructure 3 Enterprise. The results have been reduced hardware replacement costs, greatly simplified server management and a more scalable infrastructure.
"VMware Infrastructure 3 Enterprise allowed us to save rack space, reduce future energy consumption, maximize our existing infrastructure investment and also provide for future growth for this top-tier federal customer."
WebCentral
VMware Virtualization Software Enabled The Company To Deliver True 'On Demand' Services And Achieve Greater Agility In Software Deployment.
“It very quickly became obvious that virtualization could deliver economies of scale and efficiencies while meeting the higher performance and availability requirements of our larger corporate customers."
WTC Communications (Desktop)
WTC Communications Keeps Rural Kansas Connected with VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
"Now, with VMware virtual desktop infrastructure in place, anytime someone needs a new computer, it is easy and inexpensive to create a thin client. A new user, even one with an old laptop, can RDP to a virtual XP box, and it works beautifully."
WTC Communications (Server)
Communications Company Keeps Rural Kansas Connected with VMware Virtual Infrastructure
"There were things we couldn’t do before because of hardware costs. Now we can offer Web site hosting, server hosting and other services. We’re able to buy licenses for software, provision it in our virtual infrastructure, provide services to customers at a low cost, and still see a profit."
WWF United Kingdom
VMware® Infrastructure 3 for 5:1 server consolidation and high availability of critical servers
"Virtualisation has allowed WWF to simply manage our IT infrastructure and create an effective disaster recovery practice. After experiencing these benefits in our UK office, my IT team has been urging all of our other offices to ‘go virtual.’ Our aim is for the entire global operation of WWF to run on VMware and dramatically reduce our carbon footprint through virtualisation."
