Server Consolidation and Containment
Prevent server sprawl and platform dependencies from hindering your organization's ability to achieve its goals. Virtualization of IT infrastructures enables organizations to maximize IT effectiveness through:
- Up to 50% reduction in hardware and operating costs
- Up to 70% reduction in the time required to provision new servers
- Save more than $3,000 per year for every server virtualized
Consolidate and Contain
Windward helps organizations deploy virtualization to consolidate server hardware within their IT environment and provide savings. Server consolidation and containment enables:
- Dramatic increase in utilization rates of existing hardware
- Reduction of hardware requirements by at least a 10:1 ratio
Managed Infrastructure
Windward creates a managed virtual IT infrastructure tailored to the specific needs of each client. Key benefits of a centrally managed virtual infrastructure includes:
- 50-70% reduction in the time required for server provisioning
- Ability to manage and monitor virtual machines from a central location
- Greater flexibility to allocate shared IT resources
Automated Infrastructure
Windward helps organizations to maximize the performance and availability of their virtual infrastructure by combining VMware VirtualCenter with VMware VMotion and VMware DRS. With this combination organizations are able to:
- Migrate virtual machines with no downtime
- Enable dynamic allocation of IT resources with automated load balancing
- Eliminate repetitive maintenance and configuration tasks
