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Calling virtualization one of the most transcendent technologies to hit the market in years, Siemens IT Solutions and Services, Inc., today introduced its full-scale Virtualization Services. Based upon three core tenets — Engage, Enable, and Evolve — the package of services is designed to guide customers through what Siemens calls the “Virtualization Evolution”.

“Most of the existing virtualization marketplace has developed from isolated projects, usually driven by short term cost savings and utilization efficiencies,” said William J. McNamara, VP for Strategy at Siemens. “Those benefits are undoubtedly important. But we see virtualization and cloud computing as much more significant developments with broad reaching value. We believe that they have the potential to fundamentally change how IT is delivered, how information is accessed and secured, and how business is enabled.”

The three tenets of the Siemens approach are designed to guide customers through the various stages of the Virtualization Evolution. At the outset, Siemens engages virtualization to simplify technology tools and business processes. By simplifying the IT and process environment, companies can reduce the number of non-value-added tasks and improve business efficiency. This simplified architecture must be housed and enabled in some fashion, and containment is the means. Containment engages all of the IT components into a centrally managed environment. By using the VMware(R) vSphere(TM) 4 platform with Intel(R) Xeon(R) processor-based servers for containment, companies will be able to save power, reduce emissions, and consolidate server space. After simplifying and containing system architecture, the next step is evolving to the optimum state of fully dynamic infrastructure. Emerging client virtualization solutions incorporating Intel(R) vPro(TM) technology provide enhanced security and improved manageability with increased end user flexibility. The entire Virtual Evolution is a journey along the road from initial simplification to the fully dynamic use of IT infrastructure.

Anything the vendors can do to further virtualization platform either through technical innovation, operational accessibility or business empowerment has to be a good thing, I wonder if we wont see more organizations adopting thin client virtualization solutions coupled with further private clouds and virtual infrastructure projects?

That we share the best practice and process information as best as we can, as we discuss not only our successes but also our failures, the more we can understand how to make the technology relevant to our business, and have our business ready for new technical opportunities, for a virtual platform.

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