Implementing Virtualization

There are two approaches to implementing virtual infrastructure - planning to succeed or failing to plan. Failing to plan doesn’t necessarily mean a failure to virtualize, but it nearly always means a much slower, haphazard, and painful path.

Virtualization is destined to have an enormous impact on IT – ranking right up there with the PC, network, and Internet. It provides an unparalleled opportunity for reducing:

• Costs
• Energy consumption
• Time to deploy new servers/applications
• Downtime
• Management time

Virtualization is also a complex architecture, incorporating not only the servers, but the storage, backup, network, and DR environments. This complexity demands significant planning, and successful planning is dependent upon an accurate understanding of the existing physical environment.

Lifecycle Implementation Methodology

Assess

INX utilizes the VMware Capacity Planner and other tools to assess your physical server environment, as well as your storage, network, backup, and DR environments. This enables us to construct a very granular mapping of your existing server fabric and create a baseline for designing your optimal virtual infrastructure environment. Learn more

Design

The success of any large IT project is dependent upon the design of the environment. This is particularly true of virtual infrastructure because it replaces physical architecture as the platform for operating your data center. The assessment phase allows us to design an environment tailored to the specific needs of your business. This customized design incorporates virtual servers, storage, network, backup, and disaster recovery.

Deploy

We carefully manage the execution of your virtual infrastructure implementation. Our expert certified project managers provide the project plans and coordination necessary to ensure a smooth deployment. Our VCPs (VMware Certified Professionals) focus exclusively on VMware engagements, allowing them to integrate VMware environments with an expertise that is unparalleled in the industry.

Support

When a VMware environment is properly designed and implemented, it doesn't require the ongoing integrator support normally associated with a software deployment. Nevertheless, INX offers support options for our clients 24/7. We also provide you with third-party tools designed to monitor and enhance the performance of virtual machines. You can be certain that INX will ensure that your investment is protected.

Evolve

While young, the virtualization industry is evolving quickly. INX remains up-to-date on the latest technological innovations and provides this information to its clients in order to further enhance their virtual environments.