IT departments constantly face demands to deploy, maintain and grow a broad array of services and applications, but this has lead to server sprawl and high energy costs.

Consolidation and containment solutions implemented with a virtual infrastructure meet the challenges of server sprawl and underutilization by reducing hardware and operating costs by as much as 50%.

A virtual infrastructure also simplifies server deployment and automates resource management to optimize capacity and infrastructure management.

This brief discusses how virtualization helps IT organizations increase utilization, lower energy costs, increase manageability and improve management of future growth.