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Virtualization
Virtualization eliminates the old "one server, one application model," enabling you to run many virtual machines on each of your physical servers. IT operations become instantly more efficient and dramatically less costly through higher utilization of the hardware you already have. 90% of the Fortune 1000 rely on VMware vSphere to virtualize everything from desktops to mission-critical enterprise applications.
Optimize Your Enterprise
Currently, infrastructure operations and maintenance costs devour 70% of the typical IT budget, leaving little resources for pursuing new innovations and processes to accelerate the business. There's a better way to use what you already have. Virtualization lets you do more with less so that you can run your business more efficiently and at significantly less cost while providing services on demand and enabling cloud computing.
Whether your business requires a more robust solution for your mobile workforce or if your priority is getting the most out of your data center, virtualization can help you, ensuring your organization is optimized to run at unprecedented performance and efficiency. Recent market reports confirm virtualization as one of the most disruptive, transformative forces of our generation, reducing labor costs typically by 33% and hardware maintenance costs by 50%. *
In the same way that 100% of the Fortune 100 companies rely on VMware to virtualize everything from desktops to web servers, to mission-critical, tier 1 enterprise applications from Microsoft, SAP or Oracle, you can work with VMware to help run your business more effectively and with better performance. Our unique architectural model, the software-defined datacenter, extends the benefits of virtualization to all data center resources and services—including compute, storage, , networking and security. The result is greater business agility, increased CapEx and OpEx savings, and opportunities to drive new revenue – all delivered by the most reliable and flexible data center architecture for today and the future.
Business Benefits:
- Dramatically increased cost savings averaging 30+% in data center operations and general purpose computing
- Improved performance and availability for business-critical, tier 1 applications – with a 40% reduction in downtime
- Reduced business risk through accelerated compliance with operational and regulatory requirements
* Source: VMware Journey Benchmark Report, Jan 2013
Resources
- Fonterra Virtualization - Fonterra Virtualizes its Entire SAP Landscape
- Gartner: Magic Quadrant for x86 Server Virtualization
- IT Value Transformation Strategy Brief
- IT Process Institute Strategy Brief #2: Measuring Value
- Forrester Report: Why Isn't Virtualization Saving Us More?
- Webcast: VMware TV Series: Introduction to Virtualization
- ESG: Benefits of Virtualization
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