Based on previous experience, Steve Baxter, director of regional IT for Americas for CooperVision, knew that elements of virtualization within select development and production environments could be the answer to address the rapid growth of the company. To meet the growth challenge, Baxter decided to use services from VIRTERA to assess the company's infrastructure, and recommend and install virtualization solutions. According to Baxter, the benefits of moving from a largely physical environment to a hybrid, physical-virtual one include: increased operational efficiency; reduced hardware, power and real estate; reduced downtime, both planned and unplanned; accelerated software testing and development; and support for growth of remote offices. A year into the virtualization initiative, Baxter has realized a host of benefits. At this point, they have a little over 100 servers virtualized, with an additional 100 in queue for future migration. As for the ROI realized from making this internal transition, Baxter says his savings will only increase.
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