Virtualisation

Virtualisation of your IT infrastructure enables you to take back control of proliferating hardware, software and storage. Business advantages you can enjoy include:

  • significant reductions in real estate within your data centre
  • decreased energy bills and requirements for cooling
  • lower software costs when paying licence fees on a per CPU basis
  • reduced operational expenditure on maintenance
  • reduced system administration and management demands on your IT team

Advent One has achieved considerable savings as a result of virtualisation projects conducted for organisations in the manufacturing, retail and healthcare sectors.

Server Virtualisation

Server virtualisation solutions from Advent One include:

  • IBM's POWER servers, which include advanced partitioning capabilities
  • IBM's BladeCenter technology, which revolutionises your ability to consolidate server hardware, free up space in your data centre and reduce your organisation's carbon footprint
  • the leading virtualisation application VMware, which enables you to virtualise your server and applications infrastructure
Storage Virtualisation

Storage virtualisation solutions from Advent One include:

  • IBM's SAN Volume Controller (SVC), which lets you retain existing storage equipment and creates a tiered hierarchy that puts performance where you need it, when you need it
  • IBM's TotalStorage Disk Storage family systems which improve management efficiencies and flexibility, reduce floor space, provide point-in-time and mirroring performance and functional advantages to help you gain the most benefit from your corporate data
  • Tivoli Storage Manager, also from IBM, which improves scalability, eases administration and enhances the security of your backup data
Virtualisation - The Green Solution

Organisations concerned about their environmental responsibility are discovering that virtualisation of their IT infrastructure not only has cost benefits – it supports them in adopting 'green' practices. For example, the consolidation of multiple processors or storage devices onto a single chassis reduces energy requirements, and in turn lowers cooling requirements in the data centre.

Come to the Experts

Advent One has extensive experience of conducting successful virtualisation projects. Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and Murray Goulbourn are experiencing significant efficiencies. Other organisations that have benefited from IBM's technology and Advent One's specialist implementation expertise include the Royal Children's Hospital, the Victorian Department of Education and leading retailers, Muirs and Bunnings.

For a consultation on how virtualisation could benefit your organisation contact us.