Zolon can help you realize the benefits of service-oriented architecture by leveraging virtualization technologies. Distributed application workload and services across a grid of shared systems and data resources are forming service execution platforms to drive new levels of business performance. Although organizations are experiencing some benefits from infrastructure virtualization at a hardware level, these initial efforts are not enough.

Virtualization of production, QA and testing, and development environments provides one of the most achievable ROIs for any modern IT portfolio. Products from vendors such as VMware and Microsoft are evolving and maturing at a remarkable pace, while the tools for achieving effective consolidation and true cost savings – in addition to higher levels of service – are available today in an increasingly competitive marketplace. Yet along with any new opportunity are also new challenges. The creativity that business and IT leaders bring to the practical application of virtualization technologies continues to break new ground and challenge vendors to provide new tools for monitoring, managing, and deploying virtual machines.

Zolon offers strategic planning, roadmap and blueprint services, and deployment assistance to organizations endeavoring to realize or increase the benefits of virtualization while effectively managing risks such as over-proliferation of virtual machines, compliance with various software licensing models, making effective investments in the right mix of platforms and tools, accurate assessment of the level of maturity and effectiveness of vendor-supplied products, understanding and planning performance latency, and the difficulty of managing and monitoring the deployment and use of virtualized servers and applications.

From effective planning, to achieving organizational buy-in, to full life-cycle management, Zolon provides the experience and technical expertise that can help you ensure success with virtualization initiatives.