Virtualization is the heart of compute-resource consolidation by running a distributed architecture to pool all available resources to support business applications. By virtualizing business applications, you no longer tie one physical server to one business application. Instead, with resource-pooling, your IT infrastructure can scale anytime vertically and horizontally without downtime.

• Reclaim underutilised resources for expansion or for unexpected infrastructure load.

• Keep server sprawls at bay and ensure hardware investments are justified by their workloads.

• Do more with less. IT budgets may stay stagnant but your IT infrastructure capabilities does not need to.

• Cost savings. Less physical assets, power, cooling, rentals, and administration overheads.

• Reap the benefits of a distributed yet consolidated architecture with features such as high availability and fault tolerance.

• Be ready for the cloud when your workloads are already made portable.

• Simplify disaster recovery when your workloads are no longer hardware dependent.