The Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) recently implemented VMware virtualisation infrastructure and experienced significant benefits, especially regarding business continuity and disaster recovery. In addition, ATL experienced:
- 2:1 server consolidation ratio
- Significant reduction in operational expenses and capital costs
- Reduction in the time spent provisioning new servers from three weeks to one hour
- Improved performance and availability
- Simplified management and complexity
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