Supplier says moving towards virtualisation can reduce
total cost of ownership for enterprises
Service-centric performance management software provider
InfoVista is launching a programme to enable enterprises to benefit
fully from virtualisation.
The company believes that the benefits of virtualisation have
been well documented for carriers, IT outsourcers and service
providers, and says that enterprise users are now moving towards
server virtualisation as a way to fully utilise IT resources and
reduce total cost of ownership.
InfoVista is to introduce initiatives and services that will
enable enterprises to manage the server environment, addressing the
challenges in every stage of the lifecycle. This includes readiness
assessment, planning and design, implementation and ongoing
workload optimisation and support.
Yet while the promise of virtualisation is clear, says
InfoVista, it is only as good as the performance management behind
it. It says that service-centric performance management will enable
users to
cost-effectively meet application service level objectives in an
environment where an increasing number of business-critical
applications are competing for shared resources.
It adds that essential capabilities such as performance
management, automation, capacity planning, predictive analysis and
change management address that challenge and give enterprise IT
users the confidence and information needed to manage the virtual
infrastructure. In short, InfoVista adds that service-centric
performance management addresses problem areas inherent at each
stage of the virtualisation lifecycle.