Quebecor World is one of the largest commercial printing companies in the world. The Canadian based company, now owned by Quad/Graphics, decided a few years ago to move all of its servers from Illinois to Montreal, Canada.

Instead of putting the servers on a truck, they created virtual servers and ported them to Montreal.

It worked out so well they decided to further explore new ways they could further leverage a virtual environment.

The results? Server count dropped by 90%.

Optimizing IT infrastructure is always in season. During challenging times, however, it becomes more than an aspiration: making the most of your IT assets becomes an imperative for competitive advantage, and ultimately, survival. Based on the proven ROI and business success of virtualization for server consolidation, many organizations are looking to extend their virtualization efforts to encompass the entire datacenter, from the OS to the network to the management of those critical business information assets.