Kavanagh | Virtualisation

Virtualisation

Aligning IT resources with business demand

Virtualisation allows you to allocate and manage resources on demand in the same way that you would use a utility. By breaking down rigid IT structures that inhibit business agility, it is possible to improve the utilisation of your valuable computing resources and allows you to deliver IT as a service.

It can be applied to your entire IT infrastructure to deliver more efficient and effective use of your current desktop systems, servers, storage and applications.

Benefits of a virtualisation strategy:

Infrastructure: simplifies and automates infrastructure administration
Economics: reduces costs of managing infrastructure through automation, simplification and reduced energy costs
Service: deploys or moves resources quickly

Processes: improves ability to handle expansions and mergers

Organisation: streamlines integration with partners and customers

Kavanagh expertise

Kavanagh's consultants can help you plan, design and implement virtualisation strategies tailored to your specific needs. Working with leading vendors such as VMware, Citrix, HP and Microsoft, we have the expertise you need to deliver a virtualised, shared infrastructure that is more responsive to change.

Solutions

Virtualisation optimises individual servers, storage, networking, and other resources, such as software, printers and even clients and printers - to meet demand within a single application environment or business process and better organise your IT processes. A modular approach also makes it easier for your enterprise to acquire and integrate these capabilities and to deliver IT as a service.

Server
A virtualised server environment can mean less hardware, better use of resources, less heat and lower carbon footprint hence reduced energy costs, centralised management, easier provisioning and security, with a rapid return on investment.

Download our Server Virtualisation solution brief.

Storage
Kavanagh's storage virtualisation solutions - at the array or SAN level - involve the pooling of physical storage from multiple network storage devices into what appears to be a single storage device that is managed from a central console.

Virtualisation within the SAN itself provides a tiered storage solution that enables true storage commoditisation and zero impact data migration.

Download our Storage Virtualisation solution brief.

Desktop
Desktop virtualisation will provide a framework for you to manage and control your desktop estate more effectively - saving in energy, improving security and reducing operational costs.

Storage becomes a centralised, shared and cost-effective resource as desktop virtualisation consolidates large estates of desktop PCs onto a centralised server farm.

Download our Desktop Virtualisation solution brief.

Application
Application virtualisation dramatically reduces the number of physical servers and desktop PCs by enabling multiple applications to be run on a single, or a reduced number of servers, reducing power and cooling costs.

Management
Effective physical and virtual management can optimise the benefits of using virtualisation technologies. This includes monitoring and managing hardware and software in a distributed environment. By allowing operations staff to monitor both the software running on physical machines and the physical machines themselves, they can respond appropriately and take other actions to fix problems that occur.

Capacity planning
To ensure your virtualised environment delivers optimal performance and an achievable return on investment, Kavanagh recommend a comprehensive capacity planning service prior to implementation. Capacity planning provides a clear picture of your server environment and the analysis of this data forms the basis of planning and designing a solution that benefits your environment and will meet your short term and long term objectives.

Next steps

Find out how Kavanagh can help your business.

Contact us to discuss your virtualisation strategy
Attend our Infrastructure Roadmap workshop
Download our Storage Virtualisation solution brief
Download our Desktop Virtualisation solution brief