Virtualization offers the ability for complete system solutions that are easily adapted to your changing business needs, using scalable, versatile system designs with the most advanced virtual office technologies to provide you with a data network that will help keep your company running efficiently.
Migration Services
CFTS has assisted many in setting up and importing workloads of physical servers into virtual environments our migration service is ideal for customers involved in server consolidation or legacy migration projects.
- Turnkey Hosting and Cloud Services (aka Webhosting Business)
- Server and Storage Migration
- Hybrid (on-Premise and Cloud)
- Application Migration
- Hyperconverged Infrastructure
CFTS specialises in hybrid solutions ideal for those wishing redundant systems and services and to secure core business assets.
Turnkey Solutions
CFTS has been maintaining its own hybrid secure cloud and on-premise virtualised infrastructure since 1994 we know what we're doing.
CFTS offers VMware Certified Hardware Software Starter Bundles that will get you up and running in no time, this includes two host servers connected by fibre to a fast storage pool, this collection of hardware and software will enable a business to get into using VMware the right way.
We would be happy to talk about any other requirement and type of deployment you may need.
Benefits of Virtualization
There are many benefits to an organization or business when choosing to implement a Virtualization strategy.
- Reduced capital and operating costs
- Minimized or eliminated downtime
- Increased IT Productivity:
- efficiency, agility and responsiveness - Faster provisioning of applications and resources
- Lower Total Cost of Ownership
- Longevity of legacy systems (Old Apps/OS's)
- Cross-Platform Environment Support
- Reduced Energy Bills
Efficiencies of Virtualization
There are many efficiency benefits to an organization or business when choosing to implement a Virtualization strategy.
- Simplified IT Management
- Consolidate Servers and Storage
- Faster workload deployment
- Increased application performance
- Higher server availability
- Eliminate server sprawl
- Better Business Continuity
- Better Disaster Recovery
- Capacity Management
Types of Virtualization
There are 8 primary types of Virtualization that CFTS deal with, and each one differs according to the element it is used on and each type can also have a different effect on network security.
- Server Virtualization (Compute)
- Storage Virtualization (SAN/NAS/DAS/Local/Remote)
- Network Virtualization (Sofware Defined Network)
- Hyperconverged Infrastructure (all the above as one)
- Cloud Virtualization
- Desktop (VDI) Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
- OS Virtualization
- Application Virtualization
What is Hyper-converged Infrastructure
Hyper-converged infrastructure is a software-defined IT infrastructure that virtualizes all of the elements of conventional "hardware-defined" systems, most commonly used for data centres.
- Server, Storage and Network
Basically a catchy name for the amalgamation of three main hardware elements of a network into one virtualized unified system, with hyper-converged infrastructure, you decrease complexity and increase scalability.
it's not for the faint of heart but the benefits are substantial in terms of scalability, resilience and cost, even smaller business can reap these benefits.
CFTS have the experience and the skills required to migrate your network to a hyper-converged platform.
Should I Virtualize
As ‘virtualization’ has recently become a bit of a tech buzzword, companies are hopping on the virtualization bandwagon. We often hear questions from companies asking how to virtualize, or if they even should in the first place.
- What are your current network security procedures?
- What are the gaps in your security that you’d like fixed?
- What are your IT pain points, and are they primarily hardware- or software-based?’
The decision to virtualize should stem from a needs-based discussion and we’d love to have that conversation with you.
There are many benefits to an IT organization or business when choosing to implement a server virtualization strategy. If you think you’re ready to move your systems to a virtual world or are looking to learn more about Virtualization solutions, contact us today.
