Virtualization

There are many benefits to consolidating the number of servers in your environment by taking advantage of one of the many virtualization platforms.  These include: 

• Reduce the server footprint saving on power consumption and cooling costs
• Improve Server Performance and Utilization
• Deploy multiple operating systems on a single hardware platform
• Increase server availability
• Increase server deployment speed
• Add Q&A / Lab environment
• Improve disaster recovery process
• Extend the life of older applications

For small businesses with too many underutilized servers or escalating IT costs, virtualization offers relief by fundamentally changing the way IT resources are managed and deployed. Virtualization provides unmatched flexibility, performance, and utilization by allowing you to move server workloads from one virtual workspace to the next, maximizing server resources on the fly based on your business needs.

 Virtualization can help your company by offering:

Fast provisioning and dynamic load balancing – for improved application performance Simplified disaster recovery – virtualization's single-system image makes recovery painless Consolidated servers with optimized workloads – increase utilization to accomplish more with fewer servers Reduced energy needs – fewer servers means lower electricity and cooling bills and a smaller carbon footprint.

For more information on server virtualization

• Microsoft HyperV
• Citrix
• VMware

 Network Essentials also specializes in Desktop Virtualization using Citrix Systems VDI-in-a-box