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Virtualization Solutions

Virtualization services from ConRes provide you with a number of resources for enterprise networking and desktop virtualization.

With the cost of electricity and resources on the rise, minimizing data center operating costs is a key objective for virtual data center management. ConRes offers a formulated approach to minimize your data center costs. ConRes’ virtualization plan starts with an evaluation of your current system resources. The objective is to optimize your infrastructure by having your datacenter run on as few servers as possible. ConRes’ virtualization offerings help you increase the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of your IT operations.

Benefits of Data Center Virtualization

A virtual data center has many benefits which can yield superb Return on Investment (ROI). Some of the recognized benefits when implementing a virutal data center include:

  • Reduce hardware and operating costs by as much as 50%
  • Reduce the time it takes to provision new servers by up to 70%
  • Save more than $3,000 per year for every server workload virtualized
  • Increase utilization of existing hardware from 10-15% up to 80%
  • Reduce hardware requirements by a 10:1 ratio or better *

Virtualization and the ConRes Advantage

ConRes provides services for desktop virtualization, application virtualization, virtual data centers, migrations, and more. When working with ConRes, all your needs can be provided in one place. ConRes not only offers the physical hardware and software you require, but the design, planning, and implementation as well. Once your virtual data center is up and running, we can provide the maintenance for it as well.

 

*Numbers obtained from VMware.

Data Center

  • Consolidation Analysis
    • TCO /ROI
  • Green IT
  • Disaster Recovery
  • High Availability
  • Backup Consolidation
  • Servers & Storage
    • Physical to Virtual
    • Consolidation
    • Virtualization
    • Clustering
    • Management
  • Performance Tuning
  • Health Checks
  • Design Checks
  • Implementation Services
  • Disaster Recovery
  • Security
  • Data Center Moves
  • Migrations
  • Staging & Warehousing

Desktop (VDI)

  • Desktop Virtualization
  • Desktop Management
  • Application Virtualization
  • Security
  • Thin Clients
  • Management
  • Performance Tuning
  • Health Checks
  • Design Services
  • Implementation Services

Enterprise Networking

  • Routing & Switching
  • Assessment Services
  • Planning / Design Services
  • Migrations
  • Implementations
  • Wireless
  • Security
  • Data Center
  • Network Optimization Services
  • Network Management
  • Network Virtualization

Case Studies

  • Case Study: Large Regional High School (50 KB pdf file)

    Large regional high school serving 3000 students through 2 campuses streamlined their administration activities and virtualized their environment while maintaining business continuity.

Multimedia

  • Video: Advanced Capacity Management

    Ben Muise is a Senior Systems Engineer with Continental Resources. He has been with ConRes for 25 years and has spent the last 5 years specializing in server consolidation and virtualization. In this informative video Ben talks about how Oracle's M4000/5000 series can help you address server consolidation.

  • Video: Windows File Server Consolidation

    Join Solution Architect, Tim Brown, for a discussion on how to reduce IT costs with NetApp by consolidating and virtualizing file servers.

  • Webinar: Advanced Capacity Management with Server Technology (Forrester Research and ConRes)

    Today, IT organizations have an ever-increasing need for computing power. Today, leaders can deploy advanced virtualization technology to share the physical server infrastructure across the application portfolio, increasing efficiency and driving down costs. A key challenge is selecting the right solution, configuring it and ensuring a successful deployment. You need to select complimentary components that interoperate well in heterogeneous environments. Join Rich Fichera, from Forrester Research and Ben Muise, from Continental Resources (ConRes), as they discuss their perspectives on how organizations can gain the best benefits from new server technologies.

Partner Profiles

  • Partner Profile: VMware (364 KB pdf file)

    ConRes is a VMware Premier Level Solution Provider, the highest partner level a VAR can achieve and one of only a handful in the United States.

Solution Sheets

Whitepapers and Briefs