Service-Oriented Virtualization

NTT Europe Online’s Service-Oriented Virtualization Solution enables the resources of a single physical server, such as CPU, memory and disk, to be shared by multiple virtual servers. Integration of these virtual servers within a complete virtualized infrastructure leads to higher availability, increased flexibility and more efficient processes than in a traditional physical architecture.

By encapsulating a system's operating system and applications into virtual machines the software is separated from the underlying hardware giving benefits which include:

• Optimal use of server platform compute resources
• Flexible use of spare capacity
• Fast, reliable application deployment
• Transparent configuration changes
• Freedom to choose application technologies
• High availability

Virtualization can assist n the effective implementation of a number of specific applications:

• Test and pre-production environments
• Disaster recovery
• Product launch and promotional campaign
• Corporate environmental commitments

NTT Europe Online has developed an industry-first customer portal for virtualization services. This service is unique in offering customers a superior level of self-service control of their virtualized systems. Customers can configure, provision and manage their virtualized IT environments online, across any of NTT Europe Online's European data centres.

NTT Europe Online's virtualization customer portal includes:

• Remote control of the virtual infrastructure
• One-click reboot
• Drag-and-drop application and server resource migration
• Unique "Snap Shot" feature. A copy of a virtual machine can be taken, new code tested, updates or patches applied and, if anything needs correcting, the snapshot can be recalled and rolled back instantly
• Secure hosted IT resources 24/7