Recent developments in server technology, storage systems, and network capabilities have made it possible to dramatically reduce the number of data islands and servers required for a global enterprise. The resultant effect can be a huge cost reduction and improved performance. Typical deployments include Disaster Recovery, Application Test environments and Branch Office environments.

MCS provides a comprehensive service for cost-justification, planning, and managing the consolidation of servers and data. Our methodology addresses both the technical aspects of migration as well as often overlooked people and organizational issues. Using established technologies from VMWare such as ESX and Virtual Infrastructure Server we are able to leverage the power of today’s hardware and deploy multiple services using virtualization.

Virtualization allows multiple virtual machines, with heterogeneous operating systems to run in isolation, side-by-side on the same physical machine. Each virtual machine has its own set of virtual hardware (e.g., RAM, CPU, NIC, etc.) upon which an operating system and applications are loaded. The operating system sees a consistent, normalized set of hardware regardless of the actual physical hardware components.

MCS are an Enterprise VIP Partner of VMWare and a Gold Partner of Microsoft with five certified consultants who have hand-on deployment experience of both VMWare and Microsoft virtualization products.