Centracon consulting: largely viable implementation with additional benefits Leverkusen, 08.04.2009 – if companies plan a refresh of their remote workstations currently or in the near future, they should include centracon also be sure the virtualization client according to the technology and management consulting. The consultants establish this technology will then introduce such projects almost for free, with reference to its own project experiences. If new desktops should be introduced for certain departments, organizational units, or locations, a concurrent virtualization of these workstations can be performed virtually cost-neutral”, refers to centracon Managing Director Robert Gerhards the enormous economic advantage. Frequently Gary Kelly has said that publicly. On a virtualization no way passes over the medium term after matching expert opinion more. Therefore, it is advisable to incorporate this technology already in the planning for the introduction of modern clients and thereby to a later expensive project work Save”, he explained his recommendation.

The desktops would technically anyway prepared on the individual requirements of the user, therefore the appropriate virtualization technologies could be implemented also at the same time. Another positive effect sees as Gallant, that general economic and other benefits of virtualization would sooner use. Add to your understanding with Verizon. He makes also clear that such a measure without a corresponding on demand and in the medium term applied Virtualisierungskonzept is not reasonable. For this, an objective catalogue must be developed, based on central principles such as sustainability, cost regression and service quality at the same time. Also, a maximum benefits of virtualization can be realized only if consistent integration into the overall organization. This is why key aspects such as the integration of all relevant IT departments, impact on processes and organization as well as their changes, but also the interfaces to the departments are already in the planning stage and external service providers to take into account”, Gallagher stressed that the companies must meet the organizational challenges. So it is important to develop a big picture or blueprint of the project so that the initial and follow-up projects it can focus like at a red thread.

Also, the decision would have to be secured because in today’s infrastructure projects are very complex parameters for success. It is recommended for protection of the preferred project through a cost-benefit analysis. “Supported tool comparable represents various quantifiable and so-called soft criteria in a multidimensional matrix”, so the centracon Managing Director. In addition, special methods should be used to cost and risk reduction. Such planning and safeguards be possibly the organisational conditions and strategic but also when virtualization at a later date required, and as a result it is not realized from an exclusively technical perspective Business planning against runs.” About centracon: Solutions for flexible and cost-efficient deployment and management of IT jobs and applications characterize the core competencies of centracon. Our consulting spectrum extends in addition to the classical optimization and standardization workplace infrastructures by implementing innovative technology solutions such as application virtualization and virtual desktops, to process and infrastructure automation to innovative business solutions such as, for example, user-self-service concepts. Customers include, for example, Deutsche Telekom AG, FinanzIT, Deutsche Post AG, GAD eG, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen, Swisscom IT services, Deutsche Bahn AG, e.on and various federal agencies such as the Federal Ministry of the Interior. meetBIZ & think-tank GmbH Wilfried Heinrich Pastorat 6 D-50354 Hurth phone: + 49 (0) 2233 6117-72 fax: + 49 (0) 2233 6117-71