Server Virtualisation

Disruptive Technology

Has there ever been a more disruptive technology? The ability to encapsulate a physical machine into file format and create it as a virtual machine, hosted with dozens of others onto a single physical system, has changed the face of computing forever.

The effect has been enormous. Asset utilisation has increased ten-fold, datacentre space has been liberated, and operating expenses have been decimated. There is no other more significant cost saving initiative an IT organisation can undertake - whilst improving business service to boot. This is why all progressive thinking CIOs have consolidation as a number one priority and virtualisation at the heart of their strategy.

New Horizons

Virtualisation enables tomorrow’s datacentre today. It changes the game. By making the operating system and application platform independent, virtualisation brings mobility to formerly static physical assets. This has enabled a creative new wave of technology that delivers levels of availability, portability, and resource management that underpin a new breed of agile infrastructures capable of being as dynamic as the businesses they support.

Aggregation Era

Before virtualisation there was consolidation but no means of aggregation. This left much efficiency unexploited. As businesses now embrace virtualisation, in union with a change in asset ownership approach, the true utility model is being delivered. Maximum asset utilisation; economies of scale; service orientation. Virtualisation has at last enabled the IT department to become a true service provider and Union stands at the forefront of this movement.

Service Model

Union has enabled dozens of clients to bridge this gap – to make the transformation from cost centre to a valued service provider. We are able to break down the rigid asset ownership barriers that often stifle aggregation progress by means of a well articulated business case development process. Union will help you define your current and desired states in terms of service, and then build you an infrastructure to support it.

We Do It

Union has some of the very best virtualisation skills in the industry. When combined with our experience in storage and data management, security and networking, you have a unique partner with whom you can rely upon to build a complete transformation solution, understanding and owning the deliverables of all the inter-dependent parts.