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New Delhi, September 4: : Microsoft Corporation India Pvt. Ltd. announced the availability of a set of tools designed to facilitate the adoption of virtualization technology for its customers and partners. As a part of this initiative, the company launched the Microsoft Integrated Virtualization ROI Tool that is designed to help customers quantify the cost advantage from deploying Microsoft’s virtualization offerings versus competitive solutions. It also announced the availability of a solution accelerator – the Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool to help customers automate the process of updating virtual machines, thereby allowing them to manage the updation of a large numbers of offline virtual machines according to individual needs.
Available free of cost to all users online, Microsoft Virtualization ROI Tool can be accessed at https://roianalyst.alinean.com/microsoft/virtualization/ and the Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool is available at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc501231.aspx.
“Virtualization technology is one of the most critical IT concepts in the global as well as Indian scenario today. However, the current reality is that less than five percent of global servers are virtualized. This points to a clear gap in the adoption of virtualization solutions. At Microsoft, we are deeply committed to making the deployment of virtualization real for customers across India and the world,” said Ms. Pallavi Kathuria, Director – Server Business, Microsoft India.
She further added, “As part of Microsoft’s ongoing client engagements - we found that while most customers acknowledged the benefits of virtualization, they desperately sought guidance and support in understanding the actual implementation of this technology. We also observed a constant dilemma amongst customers and partners around getting a comparative view of the ROI involved in adopting virtualization solutions available in the market today. The launch of these tools is a concrete step forward from Microsoft in demystifying virtualization and helping customers experience the value of this solution – today!”
The Microsoft Integrated Virtualization ROI Tool gives customers direct access to a software solution that produces a detailed representation of the total cost advantage that Microsoft’s virtualization solutions deliver in comparison with other options in the market. This tool was developed independently by ex-Gartner TCO/ROI experts at Alinean, Inc. The tool allows partners and customers to examine current production server, development/QA lab, desktop and application virtualization opportunities - thereby enumerating the potential savings, service level, agility benefits and overall Return on Investment (ROI) from implementing Microsoft’s integrated virtualization solutions. The Virtualization ROI Tool collects specific information about current infrastructure costs and opportunities for improvement, then uses...
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