CDS - Virtualization Services

Virtual Infrastructure Optimization services

IT organizations have been steadily adopting virtualization in production environments and benefiting from:

Centralized management and operations
Improved availability
Consolidated hardware; servers, cabling, storage…
Optimized Datacenter space consumption
High savings in energy consumption
Enlarged maintenance windows
Optimized resource usage
And much more…

CAUTION! Virtualization also poses great challenges and requirements;

Adapting service management and delivery processes to the new virtual infrastructure.
Server provisioning and procurement
Assessing the impact of change

Accounting of the new virtual infrastructure

Controlling Virtual Machine sprawl
Performance analysis and monitoring
Reorganization of team responsibilities
Storage redesign and usage reporting

And more …

These point s all lead to a single great challenge:

Defining a realistic IT infrastructure virtualization Roadmap

CDS will assist you in defining a realistic Roadmap based on a tailored optimization model.

Figure 1- Virtual Infrastructure Optimization Model

Plan and Assess: Align business and IT processes to new virtual reality and plan evolution.

Design: Design a flexible and scalable virtual infrastructure

Deploy: Build and configure physical and virtual environments and intelligently virtualized workloads.

Manage: Redefine and implement operational procedures for the new virtual infrastructure.

Envision: Optimize and leverage the virtual infrastructure to introduce new services and technologies with optimized ROI.

CDS Virtualization services can help your business smoothly evolve toward higher maturity levels with our expertise in Virtualization services and products.

Services include

Virtualization assessment and analysis
Training / workshops
Deployment
Optimization

Expertise in design, deployment / virtualization of critical services such as:

Exchange 2003/2007
Active Directory Domains
SQL 2000/2005 servers
File and Print services
Terminal Services / Citrix
SharePoint servers

VMware VI, releases 2.5, 3, 3.5, 3i

http://www.vmware.com

Virtual Iron

http://www.virtualiron.com

XenSource

http://www.citrixxenserver.com/Pages/default.aspx

VizionCore

http://www.vizioncore.com

PlateSpin

http://platespin.com

Vkernel

http://www.vkernel.com

ToutVirtual

http://toutvirtual.com

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