Deliver fast and measurable savings on your IT costs with Infrastructure Virtualisation Solutions from BT Engage IT

Reduce hardware and operating costs by as much as 50% and energy costs by 80%*

The current economic climate has changed the way that businesses think and behave, and the importance that IT has to the business. Measurable business benefit through IT efficiency and fast Return on Investment are key priorities. The dynamics of the current climate mean that businesses are looking to make the right choices, quickly, ensuring that asset utilisation is optimised and providing an agile, responsive infrastructure. Infrastructure Virtualisation Solutions from BT Engage IT have been developed to meet the needs of businesses to deliver productivity and cost savings so that they can compete effectively.

Virtualisation - it’s not just about the servers

Historically, Virtualisation was synonymous with server consolidation and this can still provide immediate benefits when adopting a Virtualisation strategy. However, infrastructure Virtualisation extends beyond servers to encompass; Networks, Storage, Desktops and Applications. In addition to these technology areas people, processes and importantly, the physical location of the virtual data centre are also areas for cost savings. Infrastructure Virtualisation involves consolidating and converging your various IT assets into one common Virtual Infrastructure ensuring that technology is able to meet the business needs and requirements moving forwards.

Partnering for success

At BT Engage IT, we have been working with our clients to implement Virtualisation Solutions for over 10 years. We have a proven track record as many satisfied clients testify:

"Thanks to the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure another server kicked in immediately so we suffered no downtime and it was a case of ‘business as usual’. We’ve now got a slim-line scalable solution that’s not only built for disaster recovery but hits our key objective of allowing UK employees to access the web designers’ intellectual property from a central data centre at anytime. BT Engage IT provided excellent consultancy and delivered even better results; it may just be that this pilot could turn into a company wide project in future."
Glynn Edwards, Infrastructure Development Manager, esure

Driving business benefits with Infrastructure Virtualisation Solutions

The adoption of an Infrastructure Virtualisation strategy can deliver immediate business benefits:

• Reduce Capital Expenditure through consolidation - Increased utilisation, reduced physical infrastructure
• Reduce Operational Expenditure through Automation
• Minimise lost revenue through increase service availability
• Energy efficiency - Reduce power and cooling costs and support your Green Initiatives
• Provide a dynamic and flexible infrastructure able to meet rapidly changing business demands

Events

20th October 2009 - London Virtualisation Technology Workshop: An event covering VDI and OpenStorage in-conjunction with VMware and Sun

19th November 2009 - London Virtual Infrastructure Briefing: An event covering Desktop & Server Virtualisation including HP LeftHand Storage Networks and Hyper-V in-conjunction with Microsoft, Citrix and HP

10th December 2009 - Bedfordshire Business Efficiencies Briefing and Driving Experience: A half day business briefing followed by an afternoon track day at PalmerSports in Bedford in-conjunction with VMware

Partner quotes

"BT Engage IT have proven skills in delivering Citrix’s application, desktop and server Virtualisation Solutions. They are certified in all aspects of the Citrix Delivery Center and aim to be customers’ Virtualisation partner of choice."
Kevin Bland, Partner Sales Director, Citrix Systems UK Ltd

"BT Engage IT have successfully delivered many Microsoft Infrastructure Solutions helping customers optimise their investment. Using this extensive knowledge, they are now in a prime position to help customers take further advantage of the benefits that can be gained through Server, Desktop and Application Virtualisation"
Mike Peers, Channel Development Manager, Virtualisation Microsoft UK

"BT Engage IT bring a powerful proposition to market around virtualisation and application delivery solutions. The breadth of the portfolio and methodology in designing, implementing and supporting Virtualisation Solutions across the Server, Storage, Network, Desktop and Application Infrastructure, alongside complete licensing and professional services expertise make BT Engage IT a strategic partner for VMware."
Matthew Piercy, Senior Director, Northern Europe VMWare

"BT Engage IT are a HP Gold Partner delivering Virtualisation solutions across the Data Centre. Utilising HP industry leading Server, Storage, Networking and Desktop technology, BT Engage IT build the Virtualisation strategies that deliver against our customers business strategies."
Kevin Matthews, District Sales Manager, HP Solution Partner Organisation

"BT Engage IT is a key Sun Virtualisation partner. With its expertise in x86 and server Virtualisation, storage and the virtual desktop, Engage IT is very well equipped to help its customers minimise the cost and improve the efficiency of their IT infrastructure by deploying virtualised Sun solutions."
Chris Atkins, UK Channels and Product Marketing Manager, Sun Microsystems

Find out more

Learn more about how we have helped our clients increase business efficiency and reduce costs with Infrastructure Virtualisation:

• Contact us now to arrange a session with one of our Virtualisation Specialists to fully understand the benefits that Infrastructure Virtualisation can bring to your business
  
  
• Email us at marketing.campaign@btengageit.com
  
  
• Call us on 01462 708090 to find out more about how BT Engage IT can help you
  
  
• Register for one of our events by emailing kerrie.haley@btengageit.com

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