Server sprawl is the number one reason why companies invest in virtualisation in the first place – Running multiple virtual machines on common hardware will reduce cost and administration – but with that comes a catch.

Because virtual machines are so easy to build then duplicate and deploy, most enterprises end up swapping one evil for another – virtual machine sprawl merely replaces server sprawl.

If, as research suggests, as much as 60% of virtual machines remain un-utilised, it suggests that there are incredible savings to be made in operational costs :

Assume a cost of $2000 – $2600 per VMware license – if you are only using half, then you are wasting $1000-$1300 per virtual machine, or around $3k per core.

If your organisation is licensed for just 500 VMware licenses, that means savings of over $250k are realistic – simply by optimising them!

Abiquo helps organisations place all of their virtualisation technologies into one, unified platform to provide visibility and insight towards your infrastructure utilisation – helping organisations understand where they are, who is using them, how much they are used, how many virtual machines are in use right now and how long ago were they last used – enabling them to optimise their resources simply.

Enterprise resource utilisation reporting

Organisations also tend to use the same virtualisation technologies in non critical business areas, for example, the dev-ops and application testing teams will run identical hypervisors as they do in production – By supporting a wide range of virtualisation technologies and placing them into a unified platform, Abiquo enables you to simply place non critical usage onto lower cost technology.