Virtualization embodies a classic challenge for IT - balancing agility and responsiveness against reducing cost and maintaining control. Business owners value agility defined by increased flexibility and faster response to the market while IT strives to consistently provide high service levels and lower costs. Virtualization can help to redefine the balance by offering lower costs and opportunities for increased agility. However, virtualization also introduces new challenges in the form of increased complexity, scale, and rate of change.
ChallengesAs the strategic adoption and larger scale implementation of virtualization progresses in an enterprise, IT organizations face a series of new challenges. Learn more about each of these challenges and the new solutions required by following the links below:
- Manage VM Lifecycles, VM Sprawl
- Reduce Problems, Streamline/Simplify Troubleshooting
- Ensure Compliance, Enforce Policies, Enhance Security
- Configure, Control Virtual Infrastructure
- Optimize Capacity, Monitor Utilization, Alerting, Trending
- Enable Self-Service, Delegated Admin/Operations
- Discover, Analyze, Track
- Virtual Infrastructure and Host Management
Business Impact ManageIQ solutions, specifically built to manage virtual infrastructures, successfully address these challenges and deliver business value in the following areas: - Lower TCO and Increased Productivity through role based automation, optimized server and storage utilization, and faster problem solving.
- Increased Reliability and Availability by proactively assessing configurations, enforcement of resource allocations, and improved capacity planning.
- Improved Security and Compliance through configuration validation, VM tracking, drift analysis, and reporting.
- Increased Agility and Higher Service Levels through automation and role-based, delegated administration.
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