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One of the first tasks in the development of a virtual Technology Implementation Plan is to determine how virtualization can benefit the organization. Identification of the potential benefits will help match available technologies with the organization's needs, and it will also allow focus on the key technologies available to implementation.
For this homework, you will conduct an evaluation of virtual technologies for server and desktop consolidation, data replication, backup and archiving, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), and cloud computing. These virtualization categories will be matched to the needs of the organization, and appropriate technologies will be selected for the plan.
The project deliverables are as follows:
1. Update the Virtual Technology Implementation Plan document title page with a new date and project name.
2. Update the previously completed sections based on instructor feedback.
3. Evaluate the impact of virtualization on TSG.
4. Complete the following for the Evaluation of Virtualization for the Organization section:
I. Review and benefits:
A. Explain how virtualization can benefit TSG in the areas of server and desktop consolidation, data replication, backup and archiving, VoIP, and cloud computing.
B. Provide general explanations as well as specific examples that use measurable outcomes.
II. Comparison and matching:
A. Compare the technologies that you reviewed in the review and benefits section with the virtual technologies reviewed in Unit 1.
B. Analyze and match available technologies with the needs of the organization.
C. At this stage, you will likely be making recommendations to the TSG executive management that could require significant investments and major changes in the way the company does business.
a. Considering these potential impacts on the company, you will need to include a significant level of justification for your recommendations.
b. Your justification should include a cost and benefit analysis of virtual versus nonvirtual approaches as well as a discussion of the value of the intangible benefits of virtualization.
c. Remember that your justification will be used to seek management approval for the plan.