Virtualization

Virtualization continues to be one of the most influential technology decisions organizations make today. If executed properly, Virtualization can have a tremendous impact on reducing yearly Operating Expenditures and speeding up time to market, giving organizations competitive advantage in the market place.

Virtualization also provides many organizations with new capabilities with respect to cost effective Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity by reducing physical computing assets and automating server/site failover to a hot or warm site. (See Scalar Managed Services for more details)

Scalar's approach to Virtualization is holistic in nature and extends far beyond just the Hypervisor of choice. Our methodology focuses on all elements that make a Virtualization project successful including: Network impact, Storage impact, Server impact, and Administration impact. In order to help customers recognize maximum return on investment Scalar conducts pre and post Virtualization assessments. This helps to not only map out the proper consolidation path but also closes the loop following deployment to ensure the plan was implemented successfully and ROI was met.

Scalar also leverages expertise in Disaster Recovery planning to assess Business Continuity readiness during Virtualization projects.

Virtualization Solutions

Scalar delivers the following Virtualization solutions:

  • Pre and Post Virtualization Assessment (Platespin PowerRecon, VMware Capacity Planner)
  • Server Consolidation (ESX, Hyper-V, XEN)
  • Storage Deduplication (Data Domain, NetApp)
  • Network Unified Fabric (Cisco Nexus, Cisco Nexus 1000v)
  • Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (Connection Brokering on VDM, Sun VDI, HP, Pano)
  • Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity (Platespin Forge, VMware HA, SRM, Double-Take VI)
  • Backup / Recovery (NetApp SMVI, VMware VCB, EMC Avamar)

Technology

Scalar partners with major Virtualization vendors for Server Virtualization, Storage Virtualization, Desktop Virtualization and Application Virtualization. Having this broad spectrum of technology partners allows Scalar to leverage different technology elements to create a solution that is right for our customers. These elements typically include: Servers/Blades, SAN/NAS Storage, Backup/Recovery, Deduplication, Network, Hypervisor, and Management software. These solutions are customizable based on customer business and technical requirements.

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Why Scalar is your best choice
for Consulting

Scalar’s Professional Services group is a technology led organization. Our team of industry leading architects have decades of experience deploying complex infrastructure into mission-critical environments. We invest heavily in ongoing training and development of our staff to ensure they remain at the forefront of technological developments.

Testaments to the quality and ability of our delivery team are the bilateral Professional Services agreements we have with our key partners. This enables us to provide integration services for Sun Microsystems, HP, IBM, NetApp, EMC, Red Hat, Symantec, and F5 either as Scalar or as their representatives. We have divided our Team into the following Practices: Systems Optimization, Data Management, Networks and Security, Virtualization, and Compute Grids.

Contact Scalar Professional Services today for more information.

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