Riptide is a leading supplier of virtualized computing solutions. Our aim is to deliver cutting edge expertise in providing sustainable, cost-effective solutions and services delivering optimized performance of IT infrastructures. Our virtualization solutions cut across all facets of the software defined data center (SDDC) architecture including:

  • Server virtualization – VMware, Microsoft Hyper V, Citrix XenServer, Oracle VM, RedHat etc.
  • App & desktop virtualization – Citrix & VMware.
  • Storage virtualization & software defined storage (SDS) solutions.
  • Network & security virtualization
  • Wide area network (WAN) virtualization with Citrix SD-WAN.

 

As Riptide, we have a very strong reputation with a proven track record in delivery having influenced hundreds or thousands of users across an extensive and diverse range of virtualized environments worldwide.

Riptide has established a reputation as a market leader in the design, deployment and support of virtualized solutions in both the app/desktop, data center and WAN network environments. We work closely with technology provider’s technical and development teams to ensure that our customers benefit from all the advantages these technologies offer and we are often engaged in supporting large scale and complex deployments all over the world.

 

The trend for virtualizing data center environments has grown considerably over recent years – and with good reason. Virtualizing data centers offers real value by better using the available resources; reducing compute waste, allowing for dynamic and flexible resource allocation and improving business flexibility.

Manageability and sustainability are all key features. Virtualization offers improved manageability of environments and the automation and orchestration of processes and workflows de-risks an environment by eliminating human error and possibilities for downtime & data loss.

Understanding these environments is crucial to making the transition a virtualized solution and Riptide has experts in the discovery and analysis exercise – it is important to have a strategic plan to help with the migration, optimizing hardware usage and performance and also identifying opportunities for consolidation.

 

Advantages offered by Infrastructure Virtualization include:

  • Lower number of physical servers in the data center.
  • Power & Cooling savings.
  • Lower hardware maintenance contract costs.
  • Flexibility to deploy “Virtual Servers” quickly and without having to procure new hardware, migrate workloads around Virtual Data centers with ease.
  • Run application workloads across multiple ‘virtual’ servers to provide improved performance and resiliency without necessarily incurring additional hardware costs.
  • Secure multi-tenancy (SMT) – Isolation & Security, running workloads on dedicated virtual servers provides software security and reduces the likelihood of application conflicts.