Cisco offers virtualization services to help you accelerate the success of your virtualization initiative. These services help you manage people, processes, organizations, and tools as you undergo your transition to a virtualized data center environment.

Whether you want to start with server virtualization, extend virtualization across the data center, or implement a desktop virtualization solution, Cisco Services provides a comprehensive architectural approach that helps reduce costs, protect application performance, and secure the virtualized infrastructure.

• Cisco Virtualization Services At-A-Glance (PDF - 85 KB)
• Cisco Virtualization Services Overview (PDF - 1.2 MB)

• Virtualization Strategy Services
  Comprehensive strategy services can help prepare your environment for virtualization, identify cost reductions and infrastructure gaps, and fine tune operations management.
  • Application Dependency Mapping Services
    Offers an efficient approach for obtaining the data needed to minimize the risks associated with data center initiatives.
  • Data Center Architecture Value Analysis Service
    Provides an in-depth analysis of current data center strategy and helps develop a strong business case to justify the investment in next-generation data center architecture.
  • Data Center Virtualization Assessment Service
    Helps identify gaps in data center infrastructure that could limit the return on your virtualization investment.
  • Virtualization Operations Management Assessment
    Helps you understand the barriers and risks that exist within your organization that are impacting your ability to effectively and efficiently operate your virtualized data center.
• Desktop Virtualization Services
  Smooth your transition to a Cisco Desktop Virtualization solution that provides an optimal virtual desktop user experience from anywhere, using any device, over any media.
  • Desktop Virtualization Planning and Design Service
    Helps reduce IT costs and increase application availability, scalability, and manageability with a virtualized desktop solution with reliable, LAN-like performance.
  • Desktop Virtualization Strategy Service
    Helps you understand the financial impact and business benefits of migrating to a next-generation desktop architecture.
  • Data Center Virtualization Planning and Design Service
    Speed your deployment of an end-to-end virtualized architecture.