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Akibia Introduces Virtualization Services

Posted on: Monday, 19 June 2006, 12:00 CDT

WESTBOROUGH, Mass., June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Akibia, a leading independent IT services provider, today announced its Virtualization Services, which enable Fortune 500 organizations to maximize server utilization and reduce costs in the data center. Akibia's Virtualization Services are designed to help companies analyze, assess, design, implement and support their virtualized infrastructure environment.

As businesses face more complexity and heterogeneity in the data center, they are looking for ways to simplify, manage, optimize and obtain the most value from their infrastructure. Companies are leveraging virtualization technology to consolidate servers, thereby maximizing utilization and operational efficiencies as well as reducing costs and overall vulnerability. With virtualization, hardware and licensing costs decrease and ongoing support costs are lowered as fewer servers need to be maintained. Reduced power, cooling and physical space requirements also contribute to cost savings.

"Virtualization is a key driver influencing the successful transformation of the U.S. data center into a more flexible, nimble and responsive organization," said Michelle Bailey, research director for IDC's Enterprise Computing Group. "While companies initially look toward virtualization to save costs, achieve greater levels of consolidation or improve utilization rates, over time we find that virtualization becomes the foundation for improved management capabilities and ultimately an infrastructure platform for keeping pace with business demands. Partnering with companies like Akibia is a great way for companies to either begin their virtualization initiatives or build a comprehensive virtualization strategy."

With 20 years experience supporting mission-critical data centers and in-depth knowledge of both proprietary and open source virtualization technologies, including VMware, Virtual Iron, Xen, and Microsoft Virtual Server, Akibia will objectively analyze and assess the current IT environment and then deploy the optimal virtualization solution to meet the customer's strategic goals. Taking a holistic view of the data center, Akibia's experienced team supports the entire virtualization technology life cycle - from planning and assessments to design and implementation as well as ongoing management, training and support. Akibia's Virtualization Services include:

* Analyze & Assess - Akibia assesses the current environment to determine where it may make sense to leverage virtualization and, after analyzing critical performance data such as utilization rates and workloads, provides a migration plan and ROI analysis. * Architect & Design - Utilizing proven best practices, Akibia custom-designs a total virtualization solution that meets the unique requirements of the customer's data center. * Implement - Working closely with the customer, Akibia efficiently tests, configures, implements and integrates the new virtualized infrastructure as well as validates the design against performance requirements. * Support - Akibia provides customized education and training as well as 24x7 hardware and software support on the new virtualized environment.

"Large companies understand the value virtualization can bring to their data centers, but may have difficulty optimizing the scope and effectiveness of their virtualization deployments," said Mike Grandinetti, Chief Marketing Officer at Virtual Iron, a provider of software solutions for creating and managing virtual infrastructure in the data center. "With the aid of Akibia's expert professional services team, Fortune 500 organizations can fully leverage an enterprise-class solution like Virtual Iron's to quickly migrate from physical to virtual environments, implement efficient disaster recovery systems; and build a fully automated virtual data center."

"Our service philosophy is premised on enabling and empowering the customer with a solution that fits their unique needs," said Tom Willson, CEO of Akibia. "We leverage our years of experience supporting mission-critical, multi-vendor, multi-platform data centers and industry best practices to help our customers achieve considerable ROI by virtualizing their complex, heterogeneous environments."

About Akibia, Inc.

Akibia provides innovative IT solutions that enable leading companies worldwide to optimize, secure, manage and support their mission-critical infrastructure. As an independent advisor, Akibia partners with its customers to deliver solutions that improve the availability and performance of their data center and security infrastructure. Combining expert consulting, integration and support services with world-class customer service, Akibia helps IT organizations maximize the value of their existing infrastructure, while mitigating risk and reducing complexity. Founded as Polaris Service in 1988 and headquartered in Massachusetts, Akibia is an independent services company with offices throughout the United States and Europe.

Akibia is a registered trademark of Akibia, Inc. All other product and company names mentioned are the property of their respective owners and are mentioned for identification purposes only.

Akibia, Inc.

CONTACT: Stephanie Beagan of Akibia, Inc., +1-508-621-5100,sbeagan@akibia.com

Web site: http://www.akibia.com/

Source: PRNewswire

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