Virtualisation Webinars

Maxima is running a series of Virtualisation education sessions. These will take the format of 45 minute webinars that you can access from your desk - all you need is a phone and an internet connection. All sessions start at 10am on the dates below. The programme will cover topics on virtualisation that are common place in the market place today

The webinar series is as follows;

Business Continuity with Maxima Virtualisation. Friday 12th February - 10:00am

Server consolidation is the most commonly talked about virtualisation topic, however one of the key drivers in many virtualisation projects is the desire to improve the robustness of IT infrastructure to prevent loss of IT services in the event of a problem. Virtualisation can play a very large part in providing true business continuity at a greatly reduced cost. Enterprise call disaster recovery provision is now in the reach of small to medium size enterprises, this seminar seeks to explain how this can be achieved. The webinar does not focus on a particular vendor but talks to the considerations when embarking on a business continuity project looking to utilise virtualisation.

The webinar will cover

• Overview of Virtual business continuity solutions.
• The differences between High Availability, Business Continuity and Disaster recovery.
• Infrastructure considerations, networks , storage, back ups
• Cost implications for deploying high availability
• Implementing a virtualised Business Continuity solution
• Virtual Desktops role in disaster recovery

Infrastructure as a service - Maxima SES. Friday 19th February - 10:00am

One of the biggest barriers to virtualisation adoption is the capital expenditure required for the outlay of new equipment and software for the “brand new” environment. IT Managers cite cap- ex as the biggest barrier to driving wide scale adoption of virtualisation. Maxima have launched infrastructure as a service programs to tackle these cap ex issues and move the benefits of virtualisation into operational costs. Think software as a service but for your infrastructure, servers, storage and desktops all highly available, centrally managed and paid for on a monthly basis. Due to the rapid evolution of subscription based software licensing it is also possible to flex up and down on your IT estate, ensuring true business agility and utility computing. This webinar explains how the services work and the cost and capability benefits it provides for either augmenting or replacing your IT infrastructure.

The webinar will cover

• Overview of Infrastructure as a service
• The differences between the desktop, server and storage models
• Infrastructure migrations services
• Cost matrix and pricing examples
• Scalability and flexing the estate up and down
• Achieve true business continuity