Virtualisaton

Cost savings, flexibility and hardware efficiency are vital to the bottom line of businesses and companies are now harnessing the power of virtualisation to help them to achieve this.

The business case for virtualisation is obvious; by simplifying the way computers handle their workload, they can work faster and for less money. It’s a discipline that can be applied to every component of an IT network and offers companies the opportunity to run multiple operating systems on a single server. By also reducing the amount of physical space occupied by hardware, virtualisation can provide multiple opportunities for cost savings.

Consolidation of physical space

Virtualisation reduces the amount of necessary, required hardware, enabling businesses to operate more efficiently. By reducing the necessary resources, organisations are creating reductions in the costs of office space, without having to compromise the business productivity.

‘Always on’ IT

Virtualisation improves business continuity, through ease of access and greater availability of hardware and applications. It enables highly flexible, secure backups and the ability to migrate entire virtual environments with no interruption in service.  A well designed, virtualised IT system can recover immediately from unplanned issues and eliminate planned downtime.

Cost savings

By simplifying computing and consolidating the necessary software and hardware, virtualisation reduces the cost of IT maintenance. Not only does it allow businesses to spend less on resources, it also provides an opportunity for energy savings, helping businesses reduce their carbon footprint.

Medhurst’s virtualisation service installed by accredited IT professionals, provides a flexible way of running applications, whilst relieving the headache of maintaining and keeping up-to-date with continually changing IT technology.