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Virtualization & Cloud Computing

Virtualization and cloud computing technologies have drastically changed the entire IT industry in the last few years.  These technologies are very stable, robust, and efficient.  As more and more services move to the cloud, organizations are able to take advantage of real cost savings.

Not familiar with virtualization or cloud computing?  Here are a few definitions that may help you wrap your head around these concepts:

Virtualization, in computing, is the creation of a virtual (rather than actual) version of something.  In the IT field, this generally refers to a hardware platform, operating system, storage device, or network resources.

Cloud computing is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product.  Shared resources, hardware, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices -- typically as a metered service over a network (or the Internet).

How these technologies can change the way you do business

Virtualization opens the door to many different possibilities that can benefit your organization.  They include:

• Reduced costs by increasing energy efficiency and requiring less hardware with server consolidation
• Decreased downtime through cutting-edge high availability and fault tolerance solutions, resulting in higher SLAs
• Increased managability and insight into your entire IT environment
• Streamlined deployment and management by virtualizing desktops delivering them as a service

Cloud computing builds upon virtualization by pooling virtualized resources together.  This allows for:

• Reduced costs by utilizing metered pay-as-you-go resources.  This includes purchasing resources from a public cloud vendor, or by operating your own private cloud and charging your organization's other departments according to the computing resources they actually use.
• Flexibility and resiliency.  Cloud computing services are highly automated, and allow for quick, dynamic deployments of applications.
• Mobility.  Your data is accessible wherever you are, rather than having to remain at your desk.

How we can help

At Pc-Professionals, we specialize in cutting-edge virtualization and cloud computing technologies.  Our vast experience with VMware's product line puts us in an outstanding position to assist your organization with your virtualization or cloud computing needs.

Whether you are looking to just get started with virtualization in your organization, are looking to stand up a private cloud, or are looking to move some of your existing services to a public cloud, we are here to help.  We can help with both infrastructure virtualization and desktop virtualization solutions.

Please check out our VMware solutions page for more information on what we can do for you.

Is VMware all you can help us with?

No.  Despite the fact that we proudly recommend VMware products they are not all that we support.  We are also very familiar with Microsoft's Hyper-V virtualization technology, as well as the open source KVM and Xen hypervisors.