Managing IT for bottom line growth

Blue Turtle Technologies (Blue Turtle) and Quest Software presented their virtualisation and migration solutions offerings at the Microsoft TechEd 2010 Conference, held at the Durban International Convention Centre, from 17 to 20 October 2010.

Predictions for 2011 indicate that business IT spend is evolving towards companies showing maturity in adopting cloud computing and pursuing virtualisation cohesion to effectively consolidate the management of their IT environments.

Legacy and recent global economic downturn dictated that companies became responsible for their choices and adapt a 'work smarter' approach. This implied that business needed to realign internal strategies and processes to not only ensure return of investment, but remain abreast of technology to include competitive business is maintained and maximised to ensure bottom line growth.

The synergy between Blue Turtle Technologies (Blue Turtle) and Quest offers a partnership that is underpinned by a sound legacy of financial stability, industry leadership through constant research and development, supported by global infrastructure and relationships that span several decades.

Ian Simpson, Director Presales Consultants, Quest, adds: “Cloud computing and virtualisation presents to the world an opportunity to access extensive management solutions without having to invest a large sum of money upfront. This furthermore enables companies to write off their capex investment within a short period of time, and entrusts continued upgrades of not only the hardware environment, but the software applications environment.”

“Migration offers organisations the ability to implement transitions quickly and effortlessly, while still managing tasks and allocation of resources in a balanced and effective manner. Furthermore, it assists companies to gain insight into the service relationships between end-users, business services, IT services and the infrastructure components of an enterprise. Our clients are technology savvy and it is our responsibility to strategise and consult with our clients on the best way to invest their IT spend on what is a necessity for business development and growth,” says Michael Hutchinson, product manager, Blue Turtle Technologies.

Consolidation and integration of heterogeneous solutions and services provide organisations with the vehicle to address their existing IT business requirements and the flexibility to accommodate future growth.

Blue Turtle and Quest have been in partnership for more than seven years, bringing quality proven technologies and solutions to local users.