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Virtualisation Reduces Risk of Downtime and Data Loss The previous infrastructure carried with it a high risk of downtime from the existing Windows environment. Steel says: “Due to most of our servers being six or seven years old, the risk of a server failure was ever present and real—and with this came the concern of losing data or compromising the business core function. With virtualisation, disaster recovery is simplified, operations and maintenance are easier.” Hyper-V uses the clustering capabilities of Windows Server 2008 R2 to provide support for disaster recovery within IT environments and across data centres. Monitoring Tools Improve Operations and Maintenance Operations and maintenance of the previous physical servers was time consuming and expensive. The work is now managed in an automated way and is less reliant on the special skills of individual technicians. The move to virtualisation is also helping RMG meet its environmental sustainability commitments through reduced energy consumption. Microsoft Virtualization Microsoft virtualization is an end-to-end strategy that can profoundly affect nearly every aspect of the IT infrastructure management lifecycle. It can drive greater efficiencies, flexibility, and cost effectiveness throughout your organization. From accelerating application deployments; to ensuring systems, applications, and data are always available; to taking the hassle out of rebuilding and shutting down servers and desktops for testing and development; to reducing risk, slashing costs, and improving the agility of your entire environment—virtualization has the power to transform your infrastructure, from the data center to the desktop. For more information about Microsoft virtualization solutions, go to: www.microsoft.com/virtualization Microsoft Services Microsoft Services helps customers and partners discover and implement Microsoft solutions that generate rapid, meaningful, and measurable results. As the consulting, technical support, and customer service arm of the world’s leading software company, Microsoft Services enables the successful adoption, deployment, and use of Microsoft solutions and technologies for all customers, from the individual to the enterprise.
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