The future of computing is virtual and
green. And it’s not just us saying that. Many industry analysts
and commentators have latched onto the fact that the most
basic ROI calculations show gains in reliability, security
and productivity easily justify virtualisation projects.
Charterhouse can help you drive down the cost of implementation,
achieve a reduced hardware footprint, realise higher availability
and improve scalability.
Virtualisation can:
Reduce hardware and operating costs by as much as 50%
Reduce energy costs by 80%
Reduce the time it takes to provision new servers by up to 70%
Save more than $3,000 per year for every server workload virtualised
Increase utilisation of existing hardware from 10-15% up to 80%
Reduce hardware requirements by a 10:1 ratio or better
So what exactly do we mean by virtualisation? It’s a technique for hiding the physical characteristics of computing resources to simplify the way in which other systems, applications, or end users interact with those resources. A virtualised solution can be based on existing hardware, by spreading resources more efficiently. When introduced as part of a standard technology refresh cycle the further benefits of consolidation can result in even more impressive savings. On average, our clients receive full payback on virtualisation investments within nine months.
Charterhouse has huge experience of working with business-critical corporate data centre infrastructures across multiple sites. Using acknowledged industry standard enablers such as VMWare, we can reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) and your organisation’s carbon footprint. Our specialist virtualisation team is affiliated to the Climate Savers Computing Initiative, and can offer related incentives developed exclusively for our clients. We work with industry leaders in renewable energy solutions to enable you to further slim line your business power costs.
As well as server, storage and virtual desktop virtualisation, we implement cross-charging systems for your infrastructure, enabling a utility-like model. This enables costing models that can provide the business with pre-priced system profiles, and can facilitate containment.
Typical illustrative operational savings from a Charterhouse
virtualisation solution (based on 3 year refresh cycle)
Traditional deployment
Charterhouse solution
Saving
No. of servers
40
4
90%
Hardware and
maintenance costs
£160,000
£32,000
80%
Deployment and management costs
£48,000
£9,600
80%
Power requirement costs
£132,000
£18,000
86%
Total operational costs
£340,000
£59,600
82%
Drawing on our skills base, Charterhouse can be with you at every stage, from assessing and planning your virtualisation project to implementing and providing ongoing management resources to keep everything running smoothly.
