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Virtualization: Add Server Resources, Hold the Hardware: Banks are among the leading adoptees of...

By Fest, Glen
Publication: Bank Technology News
Date: Tuesday, May 1 2007

When IXIS Capital Markets planned its relocation from a Big Apple operations center last year, IT managers didn't worry about the risks of transferring dozens of servers to Jersey City. And that's not because they hired good movers.

Each of the servers, which provided disaster recovery redundancy for IXIS' systems, was shipped over virtually-with all applications, data and operating systems re-provisioned to counterpart hardware across the Hudson. Instead of physically moving the server, and spending days configuring rack space and cooling/power requirements, the firm

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