Vcentral has developed a range of services designed to meet the needs of organisations that are considering a move into virtualisation technologies as well as those that already have a virtualised environment. We understand that all organisations are not the same; therefore our solutions are tailored to address the needs of the individual client. Through close collaboration we work with our clients to help realise, develop and implement the full benefits of virtualisation and do not limited our clients to simple out of the box solutions.

We have a wealth of experience in virtualisation, as well as other complimentary IT solutions. Our consultants are fully certified in their field and have extensive experience using these technologies within organisations of all sizes.

As Vcentral are truly vendor independent: all our services include an unbiased analysis and recommendation of which virtualisation technologies could be used in your environment.  This allows you to make an informed decision, rather than having a single vendor option.  See our products or partners page for more information on the technologies we can provide.

VDiscover - Virtualisation Assessment PDF Datasheet

VDiscover is an assessment of your environment and business to discover where virtualisation can help. Once the assessment has taken place, Vcentral will produce a detailed virtualisation assessment document as to your requirements with next steps recommendations. Moving onto implementation is seamless using our proven VProject methodology.

1. Inventory: Discover current server hardware and software
2. Collect Data:  Identify workloads and collect utlisation data over days, weeks or months. 
3. Analyse Data: Modeling and scenario planning. Including an Infrastructure Requirement Assessment (Power, Cooling, Server Maintenance)
4. Report: Complete consolidation plan with detailed project, scenario, and workload assignment reports and charts.  Different scenarios can be shown, based on TOC, consolidation ratio, rack space, server hardware and virtualisation software.
5. Next Steps and Recommendations
6. Ongoing Review and Assessment

VTest - Proof of Concept

Discover the possibilities of virtualisation for yourself with a Proof of Concept at your location and within your environment. A fully accredited consultant will install and set up the virtualisation environment and work with you to get your applications running in a virtual environment. Vcentral can then undertake testing with you, facilitating full knowledge transfer, enabling you to test and use your new virtual environment. Once the VTest is complete, either move into a live pilot or into full production according to your needs. 

VPilot - Technology Pilot

Take the next stop on from VTest or go directly to VPilot and set up a contained live virtual environment. This enables you fully put to test the virtual technologies you have chosen within your actual business systems according to your timescales. Once the VPilot is complete, either continue to roll out virtualisation on a project by project basis, or move into full production. 

VNode - Virtual Desktop Packages

Vcentral have removed the complexity of VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) by putting together a choice of core packages that offer end to end desktop solutions aligned to your business needs. Give us a call to see how you can "go green" with the most complete, affordable VDI solutions.

VStation - Virtualisation Hosting Solutions

Vcentral offer a variety of hosting solutions which can be scaled to suit your requirements. Services include a fully hosted and managed solution, a business continuity solution where Vcentral is used as a "second" office location to a backup solution. Call on 0800 288 8681 to discuss options.

VProject - Virtualisation Methodology

Whether you wish to undertake a proof of concept, pilot, or are considering a full production virtual infrastructure, Vcentral use the proven VProject methodology to ensure all projects are fully defined, planned, delivered and managed to the highest standards.

VAssist - Support Services

Vcentral offer a complete support solution, VAssist. VAssist is a flexible support offering with services varying according to budget and scope of services required. Learn more here.

VCheck - Virtualisation Health Check

Vcentral use our extensive knowledge and experience of virtualisation to offer reviews of existing virtual infrastructures. This can be used to identify:

1. Common misconfiguration issues
   
2. Performance bottlenecks
3. Badly configured VMs
4. Security vulnerabilities

We use various tools and our extensive experience to investigate, make recommendations and apply resolutions. The whole process is fully documented giving you a detailed report of what was found, changes applied and a complete infrastructure diagram pre and post health check.