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By consolidating servers, reducing power consumption, and accelerating desktop deployment, Microsoft Virtualization can help you cut costs.

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Reach beyond server consolidation to manage your entire IT environment and make the most of your existing infrastructure. Every day, organizations worldwide are reducing costs and delivering greater value with Microsoft virtualization technologies. Microsoft's server solution costs approximately one-third the cost of a comparable solution from VMware*.

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Ingersoll Rand

Ingersoll Rand

“From consolidating servers to managing PCs, our Microsoft virtualization 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 decentralized, heterogeneous IT infrastructure. To simplify management of its global IT environment, Ingersoll Rand standardized on Microsoft® technologies and deployed a virtualization 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 virtualization software savings. In 2009, it expects its desktop virtualization solution to simplify the deployment of Windows Vista®. By administering its virtualized environment and physical network resources with Microsoft System Center integrated management tools, Ingersoll Rand can further support its infrastructure optimization 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.