Case study with Gary Collins, CIO, Intercept and Ian Lauwerys, IT Director, Kennedys.

Learn how law firm Kennedys saved £350,000 annually through secure in house disaster recovery, power, cooling and space savings.

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Server virtualisation has become the standard for data centre operations in law firms; however it is not occurring in isolation. At firms throughout the world, virtualisation is often linked to regionalisation/centralisation efforts and/or data centre co-location. And how does storage virtualisation fit into the picture?

Desktop virtualisation has been slower to take off, but firms are starting to understand the relationship to server consolidation. Application virtualisation is sometimes seens as an alternative (or stepping stone toward) desktop virtualisation. This session will explore "how we got here" for server virtualisation and "where are we going" twoard desktop virtualisation.

Ian Lauwerys looks at Kennedys experiences of data centre virtualisation:

• Will law firms be forced into virtualisation by IT vendors?
• Consolidating and virtualising your servers to run fewer data centres and run them cooler
• Implementing virtual desktop infrastructure to drive administrative efficiencies and security benefits
• Looking to the future: assessing the benefits of virtualised applications

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Working With Vendors To Create An Effective Solution

Ian Lauwerys shares lessons learnt from Kennedys' two-year project to relocate its three London offices to a new headquarters building.

Learn how Kennedys return savings of over £350,000 per year whilst overhauling its global datacentres, implementing a resilient disaster recovery plan and improving remote working capabilities.

Firms get a whole lot more out of technology when IT and business people learn that neither group deals in absolute certainty.