Consolidate and optimize with virtualization

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Virtualization offers a new vision for enterprise computing: a consolidated, optimized approach where IT responds flexibly to address new business challenges. The more it is used, the more tangible benefits virtualization reveals, expanding its value to the enterprise.

By applying the right virtualization strategy, you can drastically improve resource efficiency, save money and build a more flexible and responsive IT infrastructure. The following are just some of the efficiencies that can be realized with the implementation of a virtualization strategy:

Increased efficiency – Virtualization enables server and storage optimization and consolidation. It maximizes computer processing power while reducing the data centre footprint, both in a physical and an environmental sense.

Greater agility – With dynamic provisioning, applications can be more flexibly delivered to desktops and mobile devices, providing employees with access to business applications regardless of location. Dynamic provisioning also improves business continuity and disaster recovery.

Enhanced flexibility – Virtualized servers provide the ability to deploy multiple operating systems on a single hardware platform, allowing you to replicate your environment faster than with dedicated servers.

Reduced total cost of ownership – A smaller footprint means fewer machines, smaller power requirements, less cooling and reduced maintenance. By consolidating servers through virtualization, you can eliminate server waste and decrease total cost of ownership.

Why Bell?

Bell provides end-to-end solutions for building and managing a virtual systems infrastructure. With Bell, you're backed by certified professionals who have extensive expertise in servers, storage, networks and more.

As Canada's leading network provider, Bell is in a unique position to transform the data centre into a delivery centre with unified networking, security and virtual solutions.

Bell has launched a national initiative to increase the size of its data centre footprint in order to meet the growing needs of our enterprise and mid-market customers for co-location, hosting and managed services in Canada. By June 2011, Bell will have five state-of-the-art data centres in the regions of Montréal, Calgary and Toronto. Read the full news story.