As enterprises grow, IT organisations must rapidly add computing capacity - often in the form of new servers with a variety of operating environments. The resulting server sprawl is costly in terms of capital and people needed to operate, manage, and upgrade new servers.

Server consolidation and containment with VMWare software provides a solution for these problems. Virtual infrastructure enables workload isolation and granular resource control for all of the system's computing and I/O resources. By consolidating physical systems in the data centre onto servers with VMWare virtual infrastructure, enterprises experience:  

• Lower total cost of ownership of servers 
• Higher server utilisation 
• Increased operational efficiency 
• Improved manageability 

“Enterprises that do not leverage virtualisation technologies will spend at least 25% more annually for hardware, software, labour and space for their x86 servers than their competitors that do” - Gartner. 

Basilica Computing Ltd is a fully accredited VMWare Enterprise VIP Partner, allowing us to provide the complete suite of VMWare products with the backing of trained & certified staff to carry out VMWare implementations from initial investigations through to project implementation and completion. Basilica have adopted the Virtual Infrastructure Methodology (VIM) which is split into 4 phases  Asses, Plan, Build and Manage to ensure that all VMWare project have defined and measurable objectives, deliverables and business benefits. These can often be categorised within the following high-level areas: 

• Server Consolidation
• Development and Testing
• Business Continuity 

Basilica has worked with closely with VMWare since 2001 and as such, we have implemented VMWare ESX Solutions to a number of clients. Some of these are detailed below: 

• Global Pharmaceutical Company
• Global Internet Service Provider
• UK Based Satellite Television Broadcaster
• Leading Investment Management Bank
• City Based Commercial Estate Agents
• Leading Music television company
• Global Food/Confectionary Manufacturing Company
• Local Government Organisations/Councils/Housing Associations 

In addition to having extensive knowledge and skills around VMWare Virtualisation Technologies Basilica other strategic vendors partners ensure that we can provide a complete infrastructure solution to meet business needs, these include: 

• Hewlett-Packard
• IBM
• Microsoft
• Oracle
• Citrix
• Symantec