Story Idea: Microsoft & VMware
Hello Folks,
I don’t know if the following would be of interest, particularly because the only Veeam customer I could put you in touch with on this particular issue I s U.S. based. But, the topic is interesting for those looking deeply into the virtualization space, so I thought I’d send it along.
Microsoft faces a big challenge when it comes to selling its management systems to new customers – the ubiquity of VMware. Unfortunately for Microsoft, System Center Operations Manager can’t natively manage the VMware environment – to SCOM, VMware is just a black box, and that’s a problem for Microsoft, because the customers they’re approaching want to manage their entire IT environment from a single solution.
Luckily for Microsoft, Veeam already has a solution called nworks MP that quickly and effectively gives MS SCOM the ability to peer into and manage the VMware environment. As such, Veeam has become a very important part of Microsoft’s management suite sales strategy. Last year, Veeam was a finalist for Microsoft Partner of the Year, a huge achievement for a small company.
I’d be happy to put you in touch with Veeam and also with Travis Backs, Network Administrator for Information Technology at AmSurg. Amsurg partners with about 1,200 physicians at across the United States on the development, management, and operation of more than 200 outpatient surgery centers.
About 85 percent of AmSurg’s server environment is virtualized with VMware. But since it used Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) to manage its servers, it had a big headache. When there was a problem, Backs didn’t know if he had problems with space, performance, I/O or some other issue.
To solve the problem, he turned to Veeam’s nworks solution, which integrates VMware with SCOM. Deployment took 30 minutes, and afterward, he had a single clear view of his entire environment. It’s a solution that Microsoft itself is heavily promoting, since it’s helping them solve a big problem for current and prospective SCOM customers.
Backs can also talk to the challenges and benefits of virtualizing almost all of his server environments.
Let me know if you’d like to talk to Becks and / or an executive from Veeam.
Best to all!
Marty Querzoli
Davies Murphy Group
Office: (781) 418-2433