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Virtualisation for cost savings and value.

Reach beyond server consolidation to help manage your entire IT environment and make the most of your existing infrastructure. Every day, organisations worldwide are reducing costs and delivering greater value with Microsoft virtualisation technologies.

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Ingersoll Rand

“From consolidating servers to managing PCs, our Microsoft virtualisation solution drives IT efficiency and business agility so Ingersoll Rand can compete better in a tough economic environment.” Joseph Graffeo, Manager, Desktop Operations, Ingersoll Rand

Ingersoll Rand is a global manufacturing company with diverse product lines. Recent growth by acquisition contributed to an already decentralised, heterogeneous IT infrastructure. To simplify management of its global IT environment, Ingersoll Rand standardised on Microsoft® technologies and deployed a virtualisation solution using Windows Server® 2008 Hyper-V™ that spans servers and desktops across the enterprise. Ingersoll Rand has already saved approximately U.S.$571,350 through server consolidation and virtualisation software savings. In 2009, it expects its desktop virtualisation solution to simplify the deployment of Windows Vista®. By administering its virtualised environment and physical network resources with Microsoft System Center integrated management tools, Ingersoll Rand can further support its infrastructure optimisation goals, driving IT efficiency and business agility.

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*Based on a comparison of Windows Server ® 2008 Enterprise with Hyper-V™and Microsoft® System Center Server Management Suite Enterprise with VMware’s VMware Infrastructure Enterprise with VMware vCenter Server. Includes 2 years support costs for both. Based on Microsoft estimated retail prices and published VMware prices available at https://www.vmware.com/vmwarestore as of 02/04/2009. Actual reseller prices may vary.