" Virtualization squarely hits on the pressing need of SMB’s: an easier way to manage IT and implement advanced functionality…Virtualization will become standard infrastructure... "
— Yankee Group: Jan 2007
Lowering the Cost and Complexity of IT
As a small or medium business, VMware virtualization offers you a way to lower the cost of your IT infrastructure, while enabling higher levels of protection for business-critical systems and data.
Get a scalable and cost-effective way to optimize the use of your current technology assets, increase the productivity of your IT staff and protect the data and IT environments that run your small and medium businesses.
VMware Server 2.0 (Beta)VMware offers enterprise-class functionality in deployment sizes that fit SMB needs.
The new VMware Infrastructure (VI) Acceleration Kits allow SMBs to optimize their existing IT investments while providing enterprise-class benefits of virtualization such as disaster recovery, high availability, simplified IT management and reduced energy costs. Deploying virtualization translates into better service levels, and enables customers to spend less on IT and reinvest these savings into their businesses. The new VMware Infrastructure packaging delivers the features, functionality and training that enable SMBs to more rapidly experience the value of virtual infrastructure. New features in VMware Infrastructure deliver benefits such as decreased power consumption, automated tracking and patching of virtual infrastructure, and increased infrastructure availability.
Choose the solution to serve your needs:
VMware Infrastructure Foundation Acceleration Kit
The right solution for small to mid-market organizations looking to simplify their back-up processes, wanting to consolidate servers or contain server sprawl, reduce power consumption, and simplify server provisioning, patching and management.
VMware Infrastructure Standard High Availability (HA) Acceleration Kit
Ideal for environments where high availability of infrastructure and data is critical, this solution gives small and mid-market organizations the ability to ensure business continuity, while providing all the additional benefits virtualization offers.
VMware Infrastructure Midsized Acceleration Kit
This solution serves the needs of small and mid-market organizations looking for enterprise-class solutions that bring all the benefits virtualization has to offer, including business continuity using VMware’s VMotion technology, and much more. Additionally, this kit offers training and consulting credits that can be applied to courses or services that help your teams optimize the use of their VMware solutions.
VMware Infrastructure Enterprise Acceleration Kit
A great option for businesses that want to deploy a larger solution or are planning for future growth. It includes the comprehensive VI Enterprise solution, along with VirtualCenter Management Server for unlimited management of your virtualized environment
VirtualCenter Foundation
Available in all the acceleration kits listed above, VirtualCenter Foundation gives users all the benefits of VirtualCenter designed to serve the needs of a midmarket or smaller infrastructure wanting to manage 3 or fewer physical servers.
VMware Infrastructure Acceleration Kits for SMB
| VMware Infrastructure Foundation |
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| Description | VirtualCenter Foundation + 3 VMware Infrastructure Foundation 
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VirtualCenter Foundation + 2 VMware Infrastructure Standard Find a Reseller |
VirtualCenter Foundation + 3 VMware Infrastructure Enterprise + 30 Training Credits Find a Reseller |
VirtualCenter Management Server + 4 VMware Infrastructure Enterprise Find a Reseller |
| Price SnS (Gold/Plat) |
$2,995 $629/$749 |
$5,995 $1,259/$1,499 |
$19,595 $3,623/$4,313 |
$23,235 |
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Whichever you choose, the scalable VI platform provides flexibility for you to buy what you need today, and it allows easy upgrade paths to grow and evolve your virtualization infrastructure in the future.
