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Consolidate servers and improve utilization

There is no more transformational vision for systems infrastructure today than virtualization.

With Bell as your systems specialist, you can benefit from the promise of virtualization with improved server utilization, more economical power consumption, and increased efficiency and resiliency.

How we work with you

To help you maximize the benefits of your virtual systems infrastructure, Bell's data centre specialists will perform a complete assessment of your business needs in relation to your data centre infrastructure.

Our services address:

Access: includes access devices, operating systems, end user management, device configuration, monitoring, and maintenance. Covers access methodologies including fat client, thin client, and server-based solutions.
Application: includes application deployment and management, application streaming, and isolation solutions. Also includes version and patch management solutions.
Server: includes server and data centre consolidation, server architecture, and server deployment issues. Also addresses server performance, maintenance, and patch issues.

Your solution is delivered according to a rigorous methodology that's based on years of experience and industry best practices. Our experts are with you every step of the way – from initial analysis and planning, through implementation and testing, plus ongoing optimization and support.

Benefits

Eliminate server sprawl and reduce power and cooling requirements through server consolidation
Decrease total cost of ownership with efficient hardware management
Reduce costs and go green by decreasing your real estate, power and HVAC requirements
Create an agile and flexible infrastructure that supports enterprise resiliency and business continuity plans

Your system needs supported by Bell investments in new data centres across Canada

Bell has launched a national initiative to increase the size of its data centre footprint in order to meet the growing needs of our enterprise and mid-market customers for co-location, hosting and managed services in Canada. By June 2011, Bell will have five state-of-the-art data centres in the regions of Montréal, Calgary and Toronto.

Learn more about this data centre build by reading the full news story.

Why Bell?

Bell is your single point of contact to a variety of vendors – we can help you sort through the various tools and approaches to create a custom solution for your enterprise.

Our industry partnerships and certifications include:

Citrix – Platinum Solution Advisor
VMware – VIP Enterprise and VMware Authorized Consultant
Microsoft – Gold Partner
Hewlett-Packard – Virtualization Solutions Elite Partner
Sun Microsystems – Certified Reseller Partner

With Bell, you're backed by certified professionals who have extensive expertise in servers, storage, networks, and more.

As Canada's leading network provider, Bell is in a unique position to transform the data centre into a delivery centre with unified networking, security and virtual solutions.