The Consolidation & Virtualization Center of Excellence at Matrix offers custom tailored planning, deployment, and support services for server and workstation consolidation and virtualization solutions. The solutions are based on a variety of virtualization infrastructures, including Citrix-Xen, Microsoft, and VMware. Matrix has Value Added Consultant certification from VMware and employs senior VCP and VSP certified experts in the field.
· Tools for capacity analysis, monitoring, and planning
o Matrix is officially certified by VMware to perform capacity planning. VMware's Capacity Planner is a capacity planning tool for virtual server farms that provides a suite of tools for process analysis, planning, and decision making.
o Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) toolkit..
· Planning and execution of enterprise consolidation projects, server consolidation, and virtualization, including linking to all enterprise resources.
· Planning of VDI projects, secure browsing, and execution of workstation standardization projects under VMware View, Citrix XenApp, and VDI.
· Deployment planning using management software (Altiris, IBM Director, HP SIM).
· Conversion of physical to virtual servers (P2V).
· Planning of backup systems, survivability and business continuity in physical and virtual environments.
· Planning and deployment of automatic DRP/BCP systems using virtualization and advanced replication tools.
· Integration with all the leading vendors in the field:
· VMware VI3.5
· Microsoft Hyper-V
· VMware View
· VMware Ace
· VMware LAB Manager
· VMware Stage Manager
· VMware Site Recovery Manager
· WYSE VDI Thin Client Solutions
· HP ThinClient
· Vizioncore products
· VMware Capacity Planning
· Citrix XenServer
· Citrix XenApp
