Umniah is a leading player in the fast-growing Jordanian mobile communications market. To stay ahead of the competition, Umniah needs to roll out new services continually and maintain exceptional service. However, new services require new servers, and new-server deployment was draining Umniah’s small IT staff and budget. Umniah deployed Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V technology to virtualize its server infrastructure, and Microsoft System Center solutions to manage its virtual and physical infrastructure. Umniah uses Microsoft application, desktop, and presentation virtualization software to simplify application delivery. With server deployment time reduced by 90 percent, Umniah can roll out new services in as little as 30 minutes. The company has also slashed server downtime by 90 percent, server spending by 60 percent, and anticipates reducing power costs by 60 percent.

“Using Hyper-V, we reduced by 90 percent the time that our engineers spent deploying servers. Now they can spend more time researching new technologies that we can use to operate more effectively.” Waseem Al Rousan – IT Infrastructure Manager, Umniah

Using Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5, Umniah will be able to centrally publish and update software used by remote employees and customers. “As soon as a user starts up their desktop computer, they will have access to the latest applications,” Rousan says. “Application Virtualization will also reduce our dependency on expensive high-speed links and improve application responsiveness, because users are not dependent on local desktop hardware limitations.” The IT staff will also spend less time managing remote applications.

With server and application virtualization, Umniah can better sustain its rapid growth by freeing it from hardware scalability constraints and lightening inventory needs. “To respond to business needs, we only need to maintain a small buffer of hardware in inventory, and we have much faster response to any business requirement,” Rousan says.

What is Microsoft Virtualization?
Microsoft virtualization is an end-to-end strategy that can profoundly affect nearly every aspect of the IT infrastructure management lifecycle. It can drive greater efficiencies, flexibility, and cost effectiveness throughout your organization. From accelerating application deployments; to ensuring systems, applications, and data are always available; to taking the hassle out of rebuilding and shutting down servers and desktops for testing and development; to reducing risk, slashing costs, and improving the agility of your entire environment— virtualization has the power to transform your infrastructure, from the data center to the desktop. For more information about Microsoft virtualization solutions, go to www.microsoft.com/virtualization

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