Virtualization Managing Virtual Environments
Requires Better IT Inventory

Getting The Most From Virtualization

The promise of squeezing more computing power from servers and PCs, has put virtualization at the top of the corporate IT agenda.

Do You Have The Information You Need?

For many organizations, however, full exploitation of virtualization is constrained by gaps in terms of network inventory data. Specifically, existing network inventory tools cannot tell managers:

• What PCs and Servers are ideal candidates for virtualization (as well as those not suited)?
• What virtual images are running on which physical servers?
• What PCs and Servers, if any, can be retired when others are virtualized?
• What software is operating in virtualized environments and consequent licensing requirements?
• What critical business processes could be interrupted during virtualizatio?n
• What under licensed software is installed in virtual environments?

The Barriers To Full Virtualization

Because of shortcomings in the network inventory data, the full potential of virtualization has rarely been achieved…. MORE

The Role of Accurate IT Intelligence

iQuate’s audit and inventory suite, called  iQSonar, provides managers with the information required to optimize virtualization initiatives. It presents a detailed and accurate inventory of all hardware and software in virtual, as well as real environments – dynamically updating this on a daily basis. iQSonar supports Microsoft’s HyperV and VMWare virtualization technologies.

iQuate’s tools enable the mapping of critical business processes and applications to machines ready for virtualization. This prevents downtime, in respect of key applications, during implementation.