Lessons learned while deploying a virtual infrastructure in the datacenter
An interview with Transplace CTO Vincent Biddlecombe about sharing virtualization deployment lessons with other IT executives
Follow @infoworldIT executives have been told often and repeatedly to virtualize their datacenter infrastructure, but for all the years that server virtualization has been around, it is still considered to be a maturing technology. Both large and small companies are now deploying the technology; however, many corporate executives are still waiting to see how far the technology will advance and how much it will cost them before going too far down the path.
Vincent Biddlecombe is the executive vice president and CTO of Transplace, a non-asset-based third-party logistics provider offering manufacturers and retailers logistics technology and transportation management services. His company found that virtualizing the company's infrastructure provided a number of benefits, from improved efficiencies to increased scalability, and lowered the company's database licensing costs.
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So what prompted Biddlecombe and his company to go down the virtualization path? And what lessons, if any, did he and his company learn along the way? That's exactly what I asked him, and he was very forthcoming with his experiences in the hope of helping others with their own journey.
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