Ventrus’ relationship with VMware is rooted in our strong commitment to promote industry-leading solutions and products as well as our technical capability proven on IT contracts in the UK and USA.

Andy Chapman Ventrus’ MD said “These are exciting times for us. As a technology solutions provider, we are constantly looking for ways to improve our service and product offerings. VMware is a product that is shaping the way companies plan and deploy their infrastructure.

By achieving Professional Partner Status, we are now able to work more closely with VMware to define the appropriate solutions for our clients. For companies who have an existing VMware infrastructure or those who have tested the water with VMware but need that little bit extra in terms of hand holding and guidance, we are now in a position to deliver the complete package.”

What is virtualisation?

Virtualisation allows you to fully utilise your servers by allowing you to run multiple virtual machines (operating systems) on a single physical machine (host), with each virtual machine sharing the resources of that one physical computer. VMware customers typically save 50-70% on overall IT costs.

Andy Chapman Ventrus’ MD said “We signed up as a partner with Citrix in 2010 as we have clients that use Citrix Xenapp to rapidly deploy applications and desktop environments to end users globally. In order for us to advise, procure and deploy the right solutions for their business it was a necessary step. Reaching Silver Solutions Advisor status is a great achievement for all our team members. We’ve been delighted with the result as have our clients. An all-round great job.”

In the past 2 years desktop virtualisation and presentation has taken a giant leap making it easier, cheaper and stress free to change the typical IT real-estate to a virtual infrastructure. Drivers are often lower CapEx, lower OpEx and the need to consider Disaster Recovery as part of the ongoing IT Strategy.

This is helped, in no small part by the emergence of cloud computing. The idea of Cloud Computing centres around the idea of everything being hosted online without the need for expensive software and having to back up your data.