1. Massachusetts and the Promise of Virtualization

2. Current environment Statistics - 86 Agencies Over 100 Data Centers
Over 900 applications
Over 550 servers
Case studies
EOHHS Virtualization
Fire and Flood
Kitchen Cabinet
DESE Center
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3. Future State – Expectations
Energy Savings
Reduction in periodic capital expenses
Improved DR Model
Server resource optimization
Less NICs and network switch ports
6) Fewer SAN switches
7) Multiprocessor license savings
8) Improved change turn-around times
9) Improved On cycle maintenance scheduling
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4. Approach What has been done:
Three person virtualization team has been created
Enterprise VMWare license purchased for MITC
Pilot site identified
Project manager for both EOHHS and ITD identified
Security Zone approach identified
What needs to be done:
Virtualization strategy needs to be created
Technical project plan
Defining a comprehensive architecture
What else?
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