Virtualization has become essential in today’s business environment and it is easy to understand why: the availability, utilization and dynamic capabilities that virtualization can provide offer tremendous advantages over standard IT infrastructures. Vicom has been helping organizations architect, plan and implement virtualization strategies for well over seven years. We understand that Virtualization is not just a method to consolidate servers; it is a strategy to architect an IT environment that can respond to any challenge. A solid virtualization strategy can allow you to fully utilize all IT elements within your organization regardless of platform, location or budget.

Vicom provides best-in-class virtualization solutions utilizing technology from partners such as VMware, IBM, NetApp, Vizioncore, Riverbed and WYSE. Vicom has been incorporated since 1982 and has implemented hundreds of mission critical virtualization solutions for our customers. This vast experience plus our continual training and knowledge of best practices in the industry gives us the ability to effectively architect virtual infrastructure solutions for any requirement. Vicom has a staff of certified architects and engineers who conduct “Virtualization Workshops” to assist our customers with their virtualization needs. In addition, Vicom’s Virtualization Center houses dozens of virtualization solutions and is available for live demonstrations and proof of concepts.

Vicom’s Virtualization Practice can assist you with:

Plan, Design and implementation of virtual environments Planning and Assessment services Architecture and Design services Jumpstart Services Project Management, Implementation and deployment services Education and Skills transfer services	Optimization of Virtualized Environments (Management and Automation) Efficient use of virtual environment Efficient management of Virtual Infrastructure Optimized lifecycle management for virtual servers Optimization of Development / UAT environments Effective and efficient chargeback of virtual resources
Virtualized Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Solutions Disaster recover planning, documentation and testing Automated Disaster Recovery execution	Desktop and Application Virtualization Plan, design and implementation of Virtual Client Solutions Optimization of virtualized Desktop resources
Remote Office Consolidation Consolidate server environment into strategic datacenters Minimize “Branch Office” server infrastructure	Storage Virtualization Alignment of server and storage infrastructure Storage Virtualization strategies for ultimate flexibility Integration of Advanced Functionality into VMware
Consulting on Virtualization Strategies Assessment services including consolidation, optimization, green datacenter, ROI etc… Operational Readiness consulting	IBM Virtualization Strategies PowerVM Architecture for AIX, i5OS and Linux Virtualization Virtualization on the System Z Platform SVC for Storage Virtualization IBM Virtual Tape Library technologies

Vicom has teamed with VMware to open our new Virtualization Center which showcases the industries latest Virtualization solutions in a diverse computing environment. The Virtualization Center contains over $1.6 million of the latest infrastructure equipment, software and more importantly, the staffs of architects, engineers and presenters to allow our customers to learn, select and design the right virtualization solution for nearly any project.