Virtualisation is the single most effective way to reduce IT expenses while boosting efficiency and agility—not just for large enterprises, but for small and midsize businesses too.

One to one relationships between operating systems and server hardware are a thing of the past with efficiency gains derived from the latest in server hardware. M-Tech have been experts in virtualisation since 2005 and have consolidated thousands of physical application work loads on to VMware and Microsoft platforms for multiple verticals. We have vast experience in the design and implementation of virtualised infrastructure in all sizes of organisation.

VMware’s product range has proven to be the market leader and is our vendor of choice for virtualisation. Microsoft’s Hyper-V and the Acropolis Hypervisor from Nutanix also have a place in our portfolio. Each vendor’s offering has its own unique benefits, relevant in different scenarios, which our comprehensive engagement program will determine.

Server virtualisation is the masking of server resources, including the number and identity of individual physical servers, processors, and operating systems, from server users. The server administrator uses a software application to divide one physical server into multiple isolated virtual environments. Since the introduction of virtualisation technology, the benefits have been numerous:

• Server consolidation
• Environmental impact
• Disaster recovery
• Cost savings
• Increased availability
• Sprawl
• Faster provisioning
• Legacy applications
• Cloud migration
• Testing

Desktop Virtualisation, known as VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure), is a service which hosts user desktop environments on remote servers. All resources become centralised so users can login anywhere, they just need online access to connect to the environment. IT personnel are then more easily able to manage and maintain applications and data for users.

Benefits:

• Ease of management
• Reduced costs
• Accessibility
• Security
• Business Continuity

Hyperconvergence integrates the technologies of compute and storage and allows them to be managed commonly. Hyperconverged systems are ultra compact and easily expanded by adding nodes into the base unit.

M-Tech partner with Nutanix as our preferred hyperconverged offering. This revolutionary technology can provide a 40-60% reduction in overall costs, up to 90% reduction in power, cooling and space, limitless scalability and the fastest time-to-value on the market. The built-in virtualisation makes infrastructure truly invisible, shifting the attention back to applications and freeing up IT resources to focus on innovation.