Virtualization as a Bridge to the Cloud

To ensure a seamless migration to the cloud and take advantage of the benefits it offers, agencies need to turn to virtualization, which allows their IT teams to conduct large-scale migrations to the cloud with minimal downtime.

To better understand how government agencies can maximize their cloud investment by using virtualization, take a look at this real-life example from the U.S. Army:

• Challenge: The Army embraced hybrid cloud as a way to make better use of its data
  and improve how it designs and communicates IT solutions to its soldiers. To succeed with hybrid cloud, the service must overcome the various challenges that come with migrating applications.
• Solution: In support of an effective cloud migration, the Army’s Enterprise Cloud Management Office delivered a unified strategy for adopting cloud, while also leveraging the power of virtualization to deliver a managed cloud deployment.
• Outcome: With a virtualized cloud deployment, the Army has achieved predictability in its traffic patterns and network usage, while ensuring that migration to the cloud does not introduce new security liabilities.

Check out this quick resource for more information about virtualization, including best practices for shifting resources to the cloud to meet evolving mission requirements.