The new logo and slogan embody the new simpler company name change from Avalon IT Systems to Avalon. The new Avalon focuses on IT Staff Augmentation and IT Executive Placement. The new logo along with other branding elements, embody Avalon’s commitment to achieve client and candidate satisfaction by understanding their needs and building stronger relationships with them, and to maximize the creativity of the company’s workforce and remain a leading staffing firm for the IT Industry.

The logo and new brand slogan — We fill IT jobs!— says everything the company does. The company captures the essence of its core offering with that simple yet powerful slogan to let its clients and candidates know that their needs are their sole focus and reason for existing.

The changes are the result of Avalon’s review of its branding and related marketing strategies. The resulting reviews revealed that Avalon should target its primary constituents in a more assertive way in order to grow and align properly as the IT Staffing Industry goes through unprecedented changes in 2012 and beyond. To reach the new Avalon, go to their website at www.avalonits.com or call 203-323-7000

This article is specifically written for those IT people (Managers, Consultants, Advisors, whoever in IT pitching virtual solutions) targeting the ears of the bean counters at the firm… most notably the CFO. While the CFO is focused on ROI and keeping cost predictable and sensibly manageable, they do have an ear for technology solutions that bring value and savings over time. Not all technology requests have to be feared as long as they are presented in a fashion that makes fiscal sense.

When pitching virtual IT solutions, do not take a technical approach. Leave the technological advantages for last and only after you have captured the attention and interest in your money and resource saving IT virtual solutions. Make the following three points when explaining your concept.

1- Spending on more hardware for resources is kept in check with virtualization. One of the key benefits of virtualizing is the portability factor. The Portability factor allows for the re-allocation of resources to be spread dynamically and across platforms thus allowing underutilized systems to lend to the over-utilized systems on the “fly”. The portability factor ultimately leads to big savings on capital expenditures on hardware because less systems will be purchased for provisioning.

2- Virtualization is a time savings strategy that leads to more time spent on critical projects that add value and dollars to the bottom line. Virtual Servers, desktops and storage are easier to manage than traditional resources. This free time can be spent on strategy planning and moving the enterprise to a higher operating plane.

3- Systems performance can be improved without having to buy more this greatly helps to solve under-performing system problems under a tight budget.

Because virtualization solves many business problems, it is important to explain how it helps to solve them first before getting into the meat of the technology. Implementing a sound Systems Virtualization strategy for your firm is a vital IT Innovation initiative that will lead to better systems management and savings.

Server virtualization is an ideal way to combat the accumulation of various hardware, operating systems, data and applications that takes place in data centers over time. Server virtualization helps by abstracting IT services from their hardware, storage and network dependencies. The result is a desired, less complex and more affordable way to operate a data center and the services they provide.
At Avalon IT Systems, we help clients integrate VMware ESX server software for data center architecture as a way to place virtualized servers directly into production. Another use is the pressing need for data replication on secondary or outsourced sites for disaster recovery purposes. Further, we implement methodologies for interoperability for the diverse servers, storage and networks systems. Lastly, services can be placed directly with a third party who provides virtual computing or cloud services for simplification, management and administration.
Today data centers are evolving at a rapid pace as companies look for ways to profit from systems virtualization. When businesses virtualize their systems they gain a more cost-effective IT infrastructure, a direct path to disaster recovery and improved system efficiencies.
To find out how IT Systems Virtualization can benefit your company or organization, contact Avalon IT Systems at sales@avalonits.com or call us at 800-404-3950 we can help assess your data center and provide answers on how systems virtualization can save you money and resources.
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