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Virtualization as a concept is not new – however, it is a hot topic in data centers globally. Leading information technology research and advisory company Gartner named virtualization the top strategic technology to watch in 2009, for its capability to virtualize just about everything else in a data centre. (http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=777212)

Mitel® has collaborated with industry leader VMware® to allow unified communications applications to run in a virtualized environment. Until today, vendors have not been able to overcome the technological complexity of virtualizing real-time voice applications; now, Mitel and VMware have solved the challenge and are first in the industry to announce a solution. The benefits of bringing unified communication applications into the data centre are clear. By breaking down the barriers between the ‘telecom closet’ and the data centre, IT managers can minimize voice management tasks, consolidate voice and non-voice applications on a single server and ensure that the server can still be accessed in case of a disaster. The flexibility provided by virtualization means deployment and management of mobility, conferencing, collaboration and other voice applications are simplified, resulting in lower capital and operating costs.

Mitel is optimizing its unified communications applications for VMware vSphere™. These applications, built to ‘VMware Ready’ standards, will provide Mitel’s customers virtualized solutions that are reliable, secure and ready-to-run in a production environment in their data centers.

About VMware
VMware delivers solutions for business infrastructure virtualization that enables IT organizations to energize businesses of all sizes. With the industry leading virtualization platform – VMware vSphere – customers rely on VMware to reduce capital and operating expenses, improve agility, ensure business continuity, strengthen security and go green. With 2008 revenues of $1.9B, more than 150,000 customers and 22,000 partners, VMware is the leader in virtualization which consistently ranks as a top priority among CIOs. VMware is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the world and can be found online at www.vmware.com.