Enigmatizing Networks is a VMware Professional Partner and will help you do more with less Physical Servers by virtualizing and consolidating your Server Infrastructure. Virtualization has been around for years, but just recently companies have really started to implement and reaps the benefits of virtualization. It is a simple approach that allows you to use one physical server as a host and then divide that servers hardware accordingly to create multiple (range from 2-25) virtual servers. Virtualization quickly provides ROI by making better use of your hardware and decreasing the cost of server hardware, electricity, facilities and more. Listed below are a couple Virtualization Solutions that are great for Small and Medium size businesses.
VMware offers the largest selection of products in the Virtualization market. They are the clear leader of the industry and continue to produce new software that enhances the ability to Virtualize and manage your IT Infrastructure. Their vSphere Essentials product is a perfect virtualization solution for Small and Medium size businesses at a great price, starting at $995. It includes licensing for three hosts with two six-core processors each. If you would like to add high availability to this solution the Essentials Plus license will provide this function.
If you prefer to stick with Microsoft products, Hyper-V is a great virtualization solution. It offers the same host and virtual server concept but uses Windows 2008 Server Hyper-V as the host operating system.
