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"We can count on Asellus for all our major network support. They have an excellent technical staff that are very experienced and responsive to our needs. They are the very best at what they do!"

David S. Goeke

Director of Info. Systems

AF&L Insurance Company

The most important unseen factor in running our business is the dependability and stability of our information systems. The entirety of sales, operations and management rests its ability to move forward on our ability to provide history, numbers, projections, communications and documents. The technical support and expertise offered by Asellus has kept us running smoothly, so that our staff even takes having confidence in information/communications for granted. Asellus handles work with a professional edge that gives problem solving and project management a seamless weave into our workflow.

Steve Pollack

IT Director

Mitchell and Ness (div of SLD)

"Asellus continually supports and administers our high security network instilling both confidence and peace of mind for One2OneUS. Regardless of changing technology, Asellus offers the latest solutions to meet and exceed our technology needs."

Joseph J. Rossi
President
One2OneUS

"When our network went down, Asellus acted in a timely manner to help resolve our network problems with little down time. They even assisted in getting the necessary equipment we needed to get back up and running as quickly as possible. That's exactly the kind of services that we needed here at Robins' Nest where network access is a crucial part of our daily routine. Asellus came through for us. Everyone was very pleased to see the network back up and running in such a short time. Thanks, Asellus."

Kang Thor

IT Manager

Robins Nest.

"Asellus has provided Milton Roy with the expertise needed to advance our systems and networking. We have come to rely on Asellus. They have proven over and over that their team can provide solid solutions in a timely and cost effective manner. "

Bill Grosso
Information Tech. Manager
Milton Roy Company

"We use Asellus for those complex Networking issues that no one else can resolve. They have never failed to find us a reasonable resolution."

Mick Terragrossa
Director of I.T.
Accounts Receivable Mgmt., Inc.

"From day one, Asellus has quickly responded to Aquatrols’ needs in a polite and professional manner. I cannot say enough good things about the employee’s at Asellus and the quality of service they have continually provided. Asellus was there for us every step of the way when we moved our corporate headquarters. From wiring our telephone and internet needs to making sure our service was functioning correctly, I never had to worry about failing as the support provided by Asellus made the move a fairly seamless endeavor."

Sandra A. Hladun

Accounting Manager

Aquatrols Corporation of America, Inc.

"The Asellus team has provided us invaluable assistance in setting up and maintaining our network system. They continue to meet all of our needs in a professional and timely manner. We have the utmost confidence that Asellus will be supporting our network issues for a long time to come! "

Theresa Scanlan
Vice President - Corporate Affairs
J.D. Capital, Inc.

"Asellus has been a tremendous help in developing solutions appropriate to the size of our operation and implementing those solutions. I am happy with their willingness to work as a partner and scale their products and services to our unique needs."

Bob Miller
Director of Technology
Germantown Friends School

"The Asellus team is a pleasure to work with, and have always been able to meet our needs in a timely manner. Our Network Administrator relies on Asellus when issues arise that he needs help with, and we are extremely confident in Asellus' abilities."

Travis Laborde
MIS Manager
J.G. Wentworth

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Server Virtualization & Server Consolidation

I'm not going to bore you with some complex explanation on the differences between server virtualization and server consolidation. But I can give you a simple definition. Server Consolidation is simply collapsing a number of physical servers into a smaller amount of space. In Todays world that translates into blade servers, which Dell, HP, and IBM all offer. Now let's get Geeky! Server Virtualization is simply the process of hiding the physical charateristics of computing resources from the way in which other systems, applications, or end users interact with those resources. This includes making a single physical resource ( such as a server, an operating system, an application, or storage device) appear to function as multiple logical resources; or it can include making multiple physical resources ( such as storage devices or servers) appear as a single logical resource.

Virtualization has been around since the 1960s or earlier if you look at mainframes with Timesharing resources. it has since then been applied to many different aspects and scopes of computing -- from entire computer systems to individual capabilities or components. The common theme of all virtualization technologies is the hiding of technical detail, through encapsulation.

Virtualization creates an external interface that hides the underlying implementation by multiplexing access, by combining resources at different physical locations, or by simplifying a control system. Recent development of new virtualization platforms and technologies has refocused attention on this mature concept.

Though their are several vendors in the virtual computing arena I will stick with VMWARE since it is most widely used. My Professional Preference is VMWARE running on IBM Bladeservers.

How does Virtualization Work?

In essence, virtualization lets you transform hardware into software. Use software such as VMware ESX Server to transform or ?virtualize? the hardware resources of an x86-based computer?including the CPU, RAM, hard disk and network controller?to create a fully functional virtual machine that can run its own operating system and applications just like a ?real? computer.

Multiple virtual machines share hardware resources without interfering with each other so that you can safely run several operating systems and applications at the same time on a single computer.

The Asellus Expert approach to server virtualization and server consolidation is pretty straight forward
Assess, Qualify, Consolidate, Replicate, and We are Virtualized!

       Analyze -   Asellus will do an Infrastructure Assessment of your environment.
         Design -   Asellus will create a solid tatical approach in roadmapping your environment.
Consolidate - Asellus will create a Detailed Plan on how to Collapse your Physical Environment into a virtual one.
     Replicate -   Asellus will start to Replicate your Physical Environment via a Universal Imaging process testing and validating the seamless operation of all your applications within your New Virtual Environment
      Support -   Once all applications are virtualized and fully operational Asellus will go thru Cohesive knowledge transfer with your current staff on how to maintain your New Virtual Environment.

Contact Us!    I'm sure Asellus can be an immense resource in getting your Server Virtualization and Server Consolidation Project off the ground!