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Description: 	         Use virtualization technology to consolidate servers and applications and increase CPU utilization, reduce server purchases

Risk Components:     Few Vendors, complexity

Next Inflection:         Low Risk/Mainstream in fewer than 18 months

Expected ROI:	       12 – 18 months – depending on server refresh cycle

Pitfalls:	             “License sprawl” replaces “server sprawl”.  Don’t be distracted by the ease of deployment and end up spending all your gains on OS licenses

Vendors (a-z):          Microsoft, SWSoft, VMWare, Virtual Iron, XenSource

New Skills:	           Converting physical server images to VM images; Managing virtual machines and physical machines in a mixed environment; BCP/DR with virtual machines

Related Technologies: SAN, NAS, Blade Servers, Provisioning Software, Patch Management

Order Solution Briefing Paper “Server Consolidation with Virtual Machines” for additional information such as:

	
	Full analysis of the solution                    ROI/TCO calculations
	Best practices and recommendations      Pitfalls
	Vendor ratings and feature matrix          Skills and training requirements
	Peer recommendations	                      Case studies

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