Virtualization Case Studies

Dell has helped thousands of customers use virtualization to help solve a variety of challenges. Many started by implementing a server consolidation strategy to reduce costs related to server hardware acquisition and management, power and cooling, and data center real estate. While cost reduction is often the starting point, the benefits extend well beyond total cost of ownership (TCO). 

Dell virtualization services and solutions have helped these customers speed development cycles, deploy new resources faster and implement easier-to-manage, more cost-effective, high-availability and disaster-recovery strategies. Learn how we have partnered with our customers to lay the foundation for an automated, agile infrastructure. 
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  1. Video: Dell vStart Fast-Tracks IT Growth for TS TECH

    Video: Dell vStart Fast-Tracks IT Growth for TS TECH

    2.5 out of 5

    Bill Sommer of auto supplier TS TECH North America discusses how a prebuilt Dell vStart solution accelerated his organization's ERP platform migration and provided a new paradigm for future IT growth.

  2. Saigon South International School (SSIS)

    Saigon South International School (SSIS)

    01 Jul 2010

    Saigon South International School in Vietnam improves efficiency by reducing servers by 80 percent.

  3. ps2q10-20100233-F5.pdf

    Accelerate and secure data replication with F5 WAN optimization

    18 Jun 2010

    1.2727 out of 5

    Combining Dell EqualLogic PS Series storage with F5 BIG-IP application delivery systems and WAN Optimization Module technology can have significant performance and security benefits for data replication over WANs, helping reduce WAN-related costs.

  4. Lester B. Pearson School Board

    Lester B. Pearson School Board

    01 Jun 2010

    Lester B. Pearson School Board saves two IT staff hours a day with no unplanned downtime with a management solution from Dell, Intel and Symantec.

  5. Forrester TEI Study

    The Total Economic Impact™ of Dell’s Server Virtualization Solutions

    18 Feb 2009

    1 out of 5

    Forrester Research examined the potential return on investment (ROI) enterprises may realize by adopting Dell’s server virtualization solutions with VMware's ESX server and virtualization platform.

  6. Healthy IT Infrastructure

    Healthy IT Infrastructure

    01 Nov 2008

    Dell PowerEdge blade and rack servers provide the foundation of a high-density virtualized infrastructure at ALERT Life Sciences Computing — supporting simplified management, high performance and rapid deployment.

  7. Oil Firm Grows Business While Trimming Servers by 80 Percent

    09 Sep 2008

    Maxol used Windows Server 2008 Enterprise OS featuring Hyper-V virtualization technology to consolidate 22 servers to six servers, an 80 percent reduction.

  8. Hosting Provider Uses Virtualization to Expand Services, Reduce Costs

    09 Sep 2008

    Using Hyper-V, hosting services provider NetBenefit is maximizing data center space, reducing server management work and enhancing customer data security.

  9. HotSchedules

    09 Sep 2008

    HotSchedules deployed Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V virtualization technology to consolidate its server environment, reduce costs and maximize network performance.

  10. Real World Education

    Real World Education

    15 Feb 2008

    5 out of 5

    By consolidating 90 percent of its physical servers onto Dell PowerEdge blade servers using the VMware virtualization platform, the Ryerson University IT group is poised to react quickly to university needs.