VMware, a leader in virtualisation solutions from the desktop to the datacentre, has announced that Murray & Roberts Construction has successfully implemented VMware Infrastructure 3 to create an IT infrastructure that flexes with the ever-changing requirements that characterise the building industry. Murray & Roberts Construction required an IT solution that maximised its limited resources and provided failover functionality that would see each instance of downtime whether planned or unplanned significantly reduced. VMware Infrastructure 3 solved these key issues and provided fluctuation flexibility through effective resource pooling, but also lowered downtime from one to two days to 120 minutes through the High Availability and Disaster Recovery features. Virtualisation from VMware has allowed Murray & Roberts to eliminate server sprawl through server consolidation; aggregate servers, their network and storage into a shared computing, network and storage resource pool; and activate effective failover capabilities through High Availability. Fast and efficient resource management is at last possible with the product empowering the IT department to assist the business in key areas by speedily allocating resources as they are needed.
Contact Trevlyn Biehn, VMware Southern Africa, Tel 011 575-6718, tbiehn@vmware.com