Nemertes Solution Briefing Card: Testing and QA with “Virtual Labs”

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Solution Risk: 3 – Medium Risk
This solution is suitable for Early Adopters

Description: Implement testing platforms on virtual machines, mirroring entire production environments.

Risk Components: Complexity, new kkills

Next Inflection: Low risk/mainstream in 36 months or more

Expected ROI: 18 months

Pitfalls: Unexpected differences between testing and production environment Vendors: Microsoft, SWSoft, VMWare, Virtual Iron, XenSource

New Skills: Virtual networking; virtual “lab” management; managing virtual machines and physical machines in a mixed environment;

Related Technologies: SAN, NAS, blade servers, provisioning software, patch management, global server load balancing; WAN routing and optimization

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