Vizioncore Inc., the market leader in server virtualization management,
today announced the findings of a commissioned study conducted by
Forrester Consulting on Vizioncore’s behalf.
Having conducted in-depth interviews with Schwan’s,
a leading packaged food supplier that has deployed Vizioncore’s
vRanger Pro, Forrester Consulting found the organization had reduced the
overall cost of its backup and recovery, improved the performance of
backups and reduced the number of failed backup application upgrades.
Forrester Consulting’s study yielded several
key findings:
ROI of 210%: Based on Schwan’s
deployment of 570 virtual machines, the risk-adjusted ROI for that
organization is 210%, with a breakeven point after deployment (payback
period) of four months.
Cost Benefits of $394,710: Schwan’s
reduced the licensing and maintenance costs associated with its
previous traditional backup solution, eliminated engineering effort
resulting from backup failure and failed upgrades, reduced unexpected
downtime and improved server time to recovery. Forrester Consulting
calculates the present value of the total benefits to be $394,710.
Increased IT Staff Productivity: With Schwan’s
previous backup solution every system engineer was involved in the
process, and upgrades to the system would have to take place during an
available maintenance window – typically
over a weekend. Failed upgrades forced the organization to postpone
and delay other projects and exposed the production environment to
data loss. vRanger Pro has eliminated upgrade failures and allowed
four engineers to dedicate time to other projects, delivering an
estimated IT staff productivity gain of $18,029.
Improved Server Recovery: As Schwan’s
virtual environment has matured the need for system level recovery has
increased. The organization relies on MSMQ to handle system-to-system
message queues for anything from credit card transactions to sales
orders. Prior to the implementation of vRanger Pro it would take at
least two days to recover systems; after the vRanger Pro
implementation the recovery process is nearly instantaneous.
“As the first company to bring to market a
product specifically for virtual machine backup and restore, we believe
this Forrester study reflects what Vizioncore has preached for a number
of years – that our technology, combined with
server virtualization, offers a cost-effective and reliable way of doing
backup and restore,” said Chris Akerberg,
President and Chief Operating Officer of Vizioncore. “The
financial and operational benefits Vizioncore’s
technology has delivered to Schwan’s are
tremendous, and based on feedback from many of our 12,000 customers
these kinds of improvements are being realized by organizations of all
sizes in every vertical market.”
Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Buffalo Grove, IL, Vizioncore Inc.
is a fully owned subsidiary of Quest Software. The company has
operations in North America, EMEA, Asia and Australia. Vizioncore's
products provide server virtualization management solutions that help
customers safeguard and optimize their IT systems while allowing them to
extract the maximum return on their investment in virtualization.
Vizioncore’s products are built from the
ground up to support virtual environments with none of the legacy
encumbrances of products built for the physical servers. Over 12,000
organizations around the world, from SMBs to large-scale enterprises,
use Vizioncore’s products. Vizioncore
operates independently and distributes its products through an extended
partner network of 2,200 value-added resellers worldwide. For more
information please visit www.vizioncore.com.
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