How Dell Does IT: A Model of Virtualization

“Virtualization is no longer an experiment for us, it’s a mainstream technology. In addition to big savings, virtualization gives us the ability to rapidly deploy more processing power anywhere in the world to support the growing business needs of the company.”

- Matt Brooks, IT strategist, Dell IT Group

Business growth and a fast-paced product development cycle require the Dell IT team to accelerate deployment of new servers and applications—without exceeding data center space and within power constraints.

Virtualizing on Dell^TM  PowerEdge^TM  servers enables the Dell IT team to speed new server deployment, use data centers more efficiently, and dramatically reduce server costs.

• Get IT Faster: The IT team is now able to deploy virtual servers and new applications to meet internal demand approximately 90 percent faster than before virtualization
• Run IT Better: Virtualization improves server processor utilization by approximately 30 percent
• Grow IT Smarter: Dell PowerEdge servers double data center processing density; Dell saves an estimated US$29 million on new hardware purchases; the IT team achieves consolidation ratios of up to 20:1 to save data center space