With the constant pressure to reduce the costs and risks associated with deploying new technology, organizations are finding it more and more challenging to implement solutions that truly meet their business needs. These challenges along with the increasing volume and importance of IT initiatives require today’s Information Technology departments to architect virtualization solutions in aggressive timeframes with little or no room for error.

Vicom has teamed with VMware to open our new Virtualization Center which showcases the industries latest Virtualization solutions in a diverse computing environment. Vicom’s Virtualization Center offers our customers a risk-free environment in which to develop, test and validate the latest virtualization solutions based on the most advanced technologies in the marketplace. The Virtualization Center contains over $1.6 million of the latest infrastructure equipment, software and more importantly, the staff of architects, engineers and presenters to allow our customers to select or design the right virtualization solution for any IT project.

Vicom’s Virtualization Center is available to our customers for:

VMware Product/Solution Briefings:
Learn about the latest VMware and virtualization technologies in an environment where the actual solutions can be demonstrated and viewed while being presented. This allows our customers to not only learn about products and solutions but see the products perform in a real world IT environment.

Proof of Concept:
Vicom’s staff of architects and engineers can help you test and validate any virtualization solution before your organization commits to a full scale implementation. This allows you to see how the proposed solution will perform before incurring the full risk of implementing the project.

Virtualization University:
Vicom utilizes our Virtualization Center to provide our customers with a center for training and knowledge transfer of all VMware and complementary solutions. Vicom’s Virtualization Center has the latest technology on-site as well as the most advanced presentation capabilities available.

Architecture “Whiteboard” Sessions:
Vicom has been a VMware partner for seven years and has implemented hundreds of mission critical virtualization solutions for our customers. This vast experience plus our constant training and knowledge of best practices in the industry gives us the ability to effectively architect virtualization solutions for virtually any requirement. Vicom has a staff of VMware certified virtualization architects and engineers who conduct “Whiteboard Sessions” to assist our customers with their virtualization needs whether for a single project or your entire enterprise.

VMware Professional Services and Consulting Workshops:
Vicom is an accredited VAC Gold Partner authorizing Vicom to perform all VMware workshops and PS offerings. Vicom/VMware has a host of pre-packaged workshops and acceleration kits that can help enable your organization develop and optimize your virtualization environment and strategy.

Solution Specialties

Vicom’s Virtualization Architects and Engineers are highly trained and certified to provide solutions in the following practices:

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

Selecting the best partners to enable IT to meet the demanding needs of business:

Vicom and VMware have partnered with the best of breed providers to offer virtualization solutions that offer unique value to our customers. Our architects and engineers consistently evaluate and monitor solutions to ensure we are offering our customers the best virtualization solutions in the industry.

Some of our partners include:

VMware Solutions in the Innovation Center:

Vicom’s Virtualization Center is an environment that is continually updated with the latest technology to give you state of the art choices. The solutions in the Virtualization Center currently include:

VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3.X VMware VirtualCenter VMware Distributed Resource Scheduling VMware High Availability Solutions VMware Lifecycle Manager VMware Stage Manager VMware Update Manager VMware Lab Manager Storage Virtualization and Management Storage VMotion

VMware Site Recovery Manager VMware Consolidated Backup Virtual Desktop (VDI) Solutions Thinstall Application Virtualization WYSE Thin Client Solutions Vizioncore Solutions Various VMware and third Party Charge Back Solutions IBM PowerVM for UNIX Virtualization Various 3rd party complementary products to VMware Competitive Virtualization Solutions for Non-Partial evaluations

About Vicom:

Vicom Computer Services, Inc. is a leading information technology company servicing the Fortune 1000 and emerging mid-size organizations. As a major vendor in the information technology arena, Vicom offers a full array of products, services and solutions to our customer base. With a combined revenue of over $115 million in 2007, Vicom’s family of companies have the critical scale and expertise to help you attain your virtualization goals.

Our Virtualization Practice has been assisting organizations plan, design, deploy and optimize their virtualization strategies for over seven years. With the experience of hundreds of VMware engagements in our portfolio 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 will bring your organization to a state of Operational Readiness: ‘a state in which your IT organization can credibly operate a virtual infrastructure and the application workloads that run on it in full compliance with all IT governance’. Our Virtualization Practice focuses on minimizing or removing the technical, business and personnel hurdles that so often stall the orderly adoption of virtualization. Our goal is to enable our customers to respond to any IT challenge with a standardized, compliant and measurable IT service that meets or exceeds your business objectives.

Why Vicom?

Vicom has built its success on the philosophy that customer relationships center around the quality of people at our organization. Vicom’s commitment to quality and customer service is the backbone of our corporate philosophy. Our number one strength lies in our employee’s unyielding commitment to servicing the needs of our client base. We also recognize the significant role virtualization can play in establishing effective and efficient business processes. As organizations become dependent on virtualized technology, the support and services required become even more critical. At Vicom we are focused on providing world class virtualization products and services to the business, education and government community at very competitive rates. In a recent survey conducted by a third party research organization, over 99% of Vicom’s customers would have a “propensity to purchase” solution’s from Vicom in the future. This statistic is not only indicative of Vicom’s unyielding commitment to customer service, it is a result of the true partnership that the Vicom/VMware team creates with our customers. Our goal is not only to deliver on committed levels of service but also to exceed our customer’s expectations in every arena possible. Integrity and trust coupled with a highly flexible and skilled account team will ensure the success of our relationship.

Benefits of the Virtualization Center to your organization:

• State of the art technology
• Local NY Metro facility for demonstrations and presentations
• Reduced risk and exposure
• Save time and investment when conducting proofs of concept
• Assistance from recognized industry experts
• Multi-vendor environment to ensure new technologies will fit in your enterprise
• Validation of complex environments
• No disruption to production for testing and evaluation

For more information on how Vicom’s Virtualization Center can help your organization or to schedule a visit please contact VMwareVC@vicomnet.com or call 631.694.3900.