FIT4VIRTUALIZATION - Consultation Service

Introduction

Before embarking on any IT related project, it’s always an idea to get a good understanding of the technology involved and the steps and processes you may need to go through to realise a successful project delivery. Here at Freestyle IT we understand the impact on a business by adopting Virtualization technology and the benefits that can be gained by deploying such an infrastructure. By spending half a day with you, understanding both your business needs and current infrastructure, our fully accredited Virtualization Consultants will spend time in producing a tailored report to help you on the road to adopting a virtual infrastructure.

Consultation Service Scope

The first part of the consultation service consists of a ½-day workshop, held at the customer’s premises, and is tailored around providing the customer detailed information on the benefits of deploying a Virtual Infrastructure. We will look at your business requirements and how IT supports these, your current pain points and where you plan to be in the future. Freestyle IT’s accredited Virtualization Consultants will look to understand your specific requirements for server consolidation, disaster recovery, and virtual desktop infrastructure and advise on the appropriate solutions for your business to address your requirements in building a stable, expandable infrastructure platform.

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Physical to Virtual

A key part of the Proof of Concept is replicating applications and their running environments from their existing physical machines onto virtual machines. This can present a whole set of new challenges as an application’s installation disks may not be available or the configuration may have been changed since the initial installation. Freestyle IT’s industry leading skills practice moving such applications and maintaining the same level of service to end users.

Service Deliverables

The consultation service will conclude with a summary as to whether or not Freestyle IT’s consultants would see Virtualization as a technology which will be of benefit to the business and why we feel it’s suitable. They will give you a high level overview of the typical costs involved in deploying a virtual infrastructure, combined with information on how quickly you can expect to see a return on your investment by modeling different scenarios.

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The consultation will be followed up with a detailed written report in which Freestyle IT will provide a summary of the information that was gathered during the consultation. This will also include a recommendation as to whether or not a Virtualization strategy is the right approach for your business and IT infrastructure requirements.

In conclusion, the consultation service aims to provide a customer with enough background information and a high level overview of their own infrastructure to help in identifying as to whether or not virtual infrastructure is a viable technology for their business before investing time and money.

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What can Freestyle IT offer?

  • A reduction in hardware acquisition costs, data centre space, power requirements and lower support costs.
  • Consolidation of idle systems resources, freeing up capacity for new projects and applications.
  • Increased operational efficiency with a unified server management interface with browser based remote access and a centralised desktop infrastructure, reducing desk side support.