Protect Your Business and Simplify IT with VMware vSphere
Protect your business with vSphere, the most trusted and reliable virtualization platform in the industry. Ensure high application availability with vSphere’s built-in business continuity features and get the confidence that only policy-based service level management can provide. VMware vSphere Kits provide everything you need to get started.
VMware vSphere Solutions for SMBs, Small to Large
Small and Midsize Businesses need business continuity, security and simple IT that just works. VMware vSphere is the most cost-effective way to get a simplified, always-available IT, as well as get the most out of your investments. VMware vSphere SMB Solutions Brief
Get started with vSphere Kits, which include vSphere virtualization and vCenter Server for centralized management – everything you need to get started.
- Essentials Kits are perfect for small businesses.
- Acceleration Kits are extensible with advanced management capabilities and can scale to grow with your business.
VMware vSphere Demo
This demo introduces the basic use cases and features of the VMware vSphere platform.
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Protect your business with complete data protection for all your virtual machines with automated backup. Eliminate planned downtime with vSphere vMotion , which lets you move your virtual machines live between servers without any service disruption. Eliminate single point of failure in your IT environment with vSphere Storage Appliance.
vSphere provides several business continuity options, already running in the world’s most demanding datacenters. Automatically restart applications when server failures occur using the latest backup or get continuous availability protection. You can also automate disaster recovery across physical sites.
Automate IT Management
Free yourself from menial tasks with VMware vSphere’s management automation capabilities. VMware vSphere is easy to deploy, use and manage. Provision new applications in minutes, not weeks, and accelerate change request response times from hours or days to just minutes. Ensure your most important applications get the compute, network and storage resources they need by prioritizing workloads with policy-based automation.
Control Costs
Reduce capital and operational costs by consolidating servers. Get more out of your existing servers and limit the physical resources you need to manage, power, store and buy, immediately impacting your bottom line. Many SMBs increase their utilization rates for x86 servers from 5-15% up to 60-80% after introducing VMware virtualization. Consolidation ratios of more than 15:1 are achieved by consolidating existing workloads then leveraging remaining servers for the deployment of new applications and business continuity solutions.
Featured Case Studies
J&H Bunn Ltd
VMware vSphere dramatically reduces capital and operating costs and maximizes IT efficiency.
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March Networks
VMware vSphere provides the foundation for new managed video network services offerings.
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Trilliant
VMware vSphere 4 provides a virtualization platform that increases scalability, availability, and manageability of IT infrastructure.
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eXimius N.V., a Thomson Reuters company
VMware vSphere 4 and VMware vMotion offer uninterrupted availability of IT applications, efficient IT management and generate savings on time, energy and costs.
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Choose from a variety of courses for free when you purchase any vSphere Acceleration Kit with Management.
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Introductory Resources
- What's New in vSphere 5?
- Compare VMware vSphere Kits
- vSphere Purchase Advisor Tool
- VMware vSphere SMB Solutions Brief
- vSphere 5 Licensing, Pricing and Packaging Whitepaper
- vSphere 5 Licensing Model Video
New to Virtualization?
- Intro to Virtualization Webinar
- Virtualization Basics
- Why Choose VMware
- Making the Business Case for VMware vSphere Webcast
- Virtualization for Small Businesses
- Leverage Consulting Services for Large Deployments
VMware vSphere Training
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Product Documentation
Documentation and Compatibility Guides (HCLs)
Virtualize Enterprise Software & Apps
Webcasts
- Virtualization for SMBs: Benefits and Best Practices
- Preventing Unplanned Downtime with Server Virtualization
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