Stephan Dalgar is a Director of Network Infrastructure and has over 15 years of experience in IT. During the past 7 years with Ipswitch, Stephan has held various positions, including network manager and senior network administrator. Stephan holds over 25 technical certifications including CISSP, CCDA, CCNA, and MCSE.
If you are reading this article, chances are that you are one of the 50% of
x86 architectures that (according to Gartner) will be running in virtual
machines by 2012. Organizations of all sizes are exploring virtualization
because it enables them to increase server utilization and reduce hardware
costs and complexity, as well as the overall total cost of ownership. Here at
Ipswitch we haven't purchased a single server in almost three years now, so
we are going to walk you through the steps that we have taken to build and
manage our internal cloud. As a full disclosure, we are the makers of WhatsUp
Gold, a suite of IT management solutions, but the checklist and tips that we
are sharing in this article are vendor-neutral.
Prep Word: Know your infrastructure, so you can identify what to virtualize
Proper planning is an essential part of any virtualization deployment. It's... (more)
Stephan Dalgar is a Director of Network Infrastructure and has over 15 years of experience in IT. During the past 7 years with Ipswitch, Stephan has held various positions, including network manager and senior network administrator. Stephan holds over 25 technical certifications including CISSP, CCDA, CCNA, and MCSE.
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