In the past, most customers followed the vendor mandate of "one application per server", resulting in server sprawl and a highly underutilized IT infrastructure. Server Virtualization is a software based solution which shares a single server's physical resources across multiple applications, operating systems, and users. It offers the promise of significant consolidation of data center platforms, as well as reduction in labor and facilities costs. Newer technologies such as blade servers may compliment a virtualization program, but their space savings benefit may be offset by the rise in cooling costs created by the increased power density. The challenge is to tailor an appropriate approach which combines the best elements of consolidation, virtualization, and hardware based blade technology which provides the most cost effective, responsive, and reliable server deployment program.

The XioLogix Solution:
XioLogix Consulting Solutions can help you address these challenges with our Server Consolidation and Virtualization offerings. With our proprietary methodologies and enterprise experience we can help you develop a structured approach and rationale for enterprise server deployment. Our consolidation services help you realize cost savings by:

• Increasing project efficiencies with Project and Program Management Leadership and a holistic people, process and technology approach
• Accelerating the deployment of a Virtual Infrastructure
• Consolidating direct-attached data onto SANs
• Optimizing application access though centralization or Wide Area File Services (WAFS)
• "Rightsizing" servers to support increased application & data utilization
• Evaluating potentially lower cost options which provide advanced hosting and virtualization services.

In addition, our rapid deployment services for Server Virtualization and Provisioning allow you to consolidate multiple applications and operating systems onto a reduced number of platforms and greatly accelerate and automate the deployment of servers through Virtualization Technology.

Solution Benefits

• Reduces Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) by maximizing server and data center utilization
• Lowers costs of server acquisition, maintenance, and operations
• Reduces physical space needed for hardware and server racks
• Improves the uptime and availability of production services
• Drives standardization of hardware platforms and improve manageability

For more information about our Virtualization Products and Solutions contact your XioLogix sales representative directly, or call us at 1.888.492.6843, or reach us via email.