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work and great support” – Cbeyond Customer Reduced Management Burden Cbeyond can use fewer resources for virtual machine support. Resources previously used to support Virtuozzo are being redeployed for system improvements versus troubleshooting. In addition, Cbeyond was able to use the System Center Suite, including Virtual Machine Manager, Configuration Manager, Operations Manager, and Data Protection Manager, to manage the newly migrated virtual machines. This has resulted in approximately 0.5 FTE (Full-time Equivalent) reduction of support required since migration o Hyper-V. Improved Reliability Cbeyond has realized Hyper-V offers reliability advantages too. Customers have the ability to run their own Microsoft updates without having to wait for Virtuozzo verification. Waiting for verification often resulted in installation delays for important updates. Eliminating Virtuozzo verification has also reduced code related incidents. “I noticed that we had more disk space on the new server, and it seems that we have more memory, although the numbers are the same, it seems to perform better. And I really like running the updates myself, I always felt hamstrung when I couldn’t update my server as I wanted.” – Cbeyond Customer Greater Agility for a Competitive Advantage With Hyper-V, Cbeyond provides their customers an easy, affordable way to adopt new technology and expand their businesses. Customers also receive the full benefits of the Hyper-V platform without any limitations. Microsoft Cloud Power Microsoft offers a complete set of solutions to meet business needs, including solutions for advertising; communications (email, meetings); collaboration (document storage, sharing, and workflow); business applications (customer resource management, business productivity); data storage and management; and infrastructure services. In addition, customers can take advantage of an entire ecosystem of solution providers and Microsoft partners. For more information about Microsoft Cloud Power, go to:
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