Application infrastructure virtualization

Enable dynamic performance with application infrastructure virtualization

Traditional infrastructures install applications on a single, fixed capacity machine or machines, limiting flexibility and scalability. Application infrastructure virtualization builds on the foundation of hardware virtualization with middleware designed to make your business applications as flexible and dynamic as the rest of your infrastructure.

In the same way that hardware virtualization unleashes available capacity from physical assets, application infrastructure virtualization eliminates application dependencies from the underlying physical architecture. This means that your critical applications can draw from pools of available computing and storage capacity as needed, automatically scaling up to meet peak demand, and scaling back down again to conserve resources as demand wanes.

Integrate the virtual infrastructure with application infrastructure virtualization

As a leader in all areas of infrastructure virtualization, no one is as prepared as IBM to deliver middleware solutions that bind together various infrastructure elements. With over 7,000 client engagements worldwide IBM offers deep experience, established best practices and a proven methodology for planning and implementing virtualization strategies that move your business toward a dynamic infrastructure.

Amplify the benefits of hardware virtualization

Application infrastructure virtualization can help you:

• Reduce operational and energy costs by increasing utilization efficiency of hardware
• Integrate and preserve the value existing application and hardware investments using versatile middleware
• Improve application performance and support higher service levels
• Ensure peaceful co-existence of multiple applications in virtual machines
• Increase availability, performance, and resilience of virtual infrastructure
• Increase flexibility and agility by quickly allocating capacity to new workloads and scaling automatically to meet demand

An infrastructure is only as dynamic as its slowest component. IBM application infrastructure virtualization masks the boundaries between applications, helping your business efficiently realign diverse assets to better meet service objectives.

IBM provides application infrastructure virtualization capabilities that expand the economic benefits, increase availability, resiliency, scalability and improve performance of applications in the virtual infrastructure.

IBM can also perform a free Value Assessment, which will show you the return on investment and payback for virtualizing your application infrastructure. Contact your IBM representative and ask them about conducting a WebSphere Virtual Enterprise Value Assessment. For more information:

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