Server virtualisation enables multiple operating systems to run on a single physical machine as virtual machines (VMs).

With server virtualisation, you will be able to consolidate workloads across multiple under-utilised servers onto a smaller number of machines. Fewer physical machines reduce costs through lower hardware, electricity, and cooling costs, less rack space and management overhead.

Server virtualisation also provides powerful business continuity features such as live backup and online migration, enabling businesses to meet stringent uptime and response requirements.

Disaster recovery is a key component of business continuity. Natural disasters, malicious attacks, and even simple configuration problems can cripple services and applications until administrators resolve the problems.

Virtualisation provides support for disaster recovery (DR) within IT environments and across data centres. Rapid and reliable disaster and business recovery helps ensure minimal data loss and powerful remote management capabilities.

Virtualising your desktop fleet - storing, provisioning and delivering desktops as a service - will reduce your ongoing support costs while retaining the same rich desktop experience that users demand.

The concept of ‘PC Anywhere’ is a reality with a virtual strategy as users can access their personalised desktops regardless of location - local or remote.

Virtualising your desktop provides the additional benefit of data security since all desktop data resides within your computer room where operational procedures such as backup and security are well understood and already implemented. The risk of losing sensitive data often left on local hard disk drives is eliminated.