Does your organization suffer from “server sprawl?”

If so, you probably know how much space it’s eating and that it’s sapping energy, demanding more management than necessary and – given that when one server fails it often takes others with it -- needlessly increasing the chances for failure.

But you need multiple physical servers. Or do you? Finally, there’s a local server virtualization provider with a track record of proven IT service.

Lansing’s i2Integration is a solutions provider for the Citrix XenServer virtual server solution.

"This is really exciting,” i2Integration CEO John Forsberg said. “Where setting up a new server, whether for testing or production, would have taken hours or days before, we can set up in minutes now with Citrix XenServer. Having seen the direct benefits to both our clients and ourselves, Citrix XenServer is proving to be an extremely powerful addition to our IT support services. I fully expect the demand for Citrix XenServer to grow exponentially in the months ahead."

i2Integration Support Specialist Ian Fitzpatrick is a Citrix Certified Administrator for XenServer.

“Often, only five to ten percent of the average server’s resources are being utilized,” he said. Which means most companies have ample room for virtualization. If you consolidate them all into one virtual server, it can fully utilize the hardware you have. That means less power required, less management, less space and less moving parts to fail.”

With Citrix XenServer technology, virtual machines can be moved to new physical hardware with only seconds of down time. When integrated with compatible network based storage, this means that in the event of hardware failure, actual service downtime is minimal.

Another plus: you’ll never need to install a server from scratch again. With Citrix XenServer you can deploy off of template operating system installs, skipping hours of mundane server install and setup and dramatically reducing the time to roll out new services.

For more information about i2Integration's XenServer Services, click here.