The state of the economy has slowed growth in many facets of industry including IT. Many companies large and small are forced not to move forward internally with network and system upgrades. This puts them in the tough position to do more with less. Resource utilization is becoming a big part of the IT landscape. In 2010, companies will look to adopt a business model to be more productive while cutting costs.

Virtualization technology gives a company the ability to create an efficient and flexible infrastructure while conforming to a budget. Also, it can dramatically simplify and streamline IT operations. Virtualization gives you the benefits of using one computer to do the job of multiple workstations or servers thus increasing productivity and reducing costs.

Server consolidation is definitely at the center of this transition. In an article from cio.com John K. Waters wrote that virtualization has become the foundation of every company’s top money-saving initiative. It has been reported that between 60 percent and 80 percent of IT departments are beginning server consolidation projects. The reasons are obvious: By reducing the numbers and types of servers that support their current applications, companies are looking at important cost savings. Less power consumption, both from the servers themselves and the facilities' cooling systems, and fuller use of existing, underutilized computing resources translate into a longer life for the infrastructure and a larger bottom line. Also, a smaller server footprint is simpler to manage.

Key Engineering, Inc. can assist you in making a move toward adopting this technology. We can begin by evaluating your current IT infrastructure and make recommendations to evolve it to utilizing the benefits virtualization.