Create virtual desktops, servers, and applications to improve productivity and significantly reduce your IT costs.
Businesses today face growing pressure to optimize IT resources, enhance security, and scale rapidly without increasing costs.
Managing hardware limitations, data security, and operational flexibility can be difficult when dealing with traditional infrastructures.
V2 Cloud’s Virtualization solution allows businesses to consolidate their IT systems, reduce hardware dependency, and improve efficiency. By hosting virtual machines in the cloud, you gain flexibility, strengthen data security, and streamline IT management.
Learn how our virtualization solution can help boost your business’s productivity, cut operational costs, and ensure scalability for future growth.
Eliminate the need for expensive on-premise servers and hardware upgrades. Virtual machines run in the cloud, reducing capital expenditures and minimizing hardware maintenance.
Virtualization centralizes your data in a secure cloud environment, significantly reducing the risk of data breaches, physical theft, or unauthorized access compared to local systems.
Quickly scale your IT infrastructure as your business grows without the need for new hardware. Virtualization makes it easy to add new users, applications, or storage on-demand.
Manage all virtual machines from a single platform, cutting down the complexity of maintaining multiple physical systems. This reduces IT workload, freeing up resources for strategic tasks.
When considering traditional on-premise IT infrastructure versus virtualization, it’s crucial to assess the factors that will directly affect your business’s performance and scalability.
From upfront investment and management complexity to flexibility and security, both options offer distinct advantages and challenges.
Below is a comparison of the six key areas to consider when choosing between traditional infrastructure and a virtualized environment, helping you make a more informed decision for cost savings and operational efficiency.
| Features | Traditional IT Infrastructure | Virtualization |
|---|---|---|
| Upfront Costs |
High capital expenses for purchasing servers, hardware, and equipment. |
Lower upfront costs as virtual machines use cloud resources, reducing hardware investment. |
| Scalability |
Limited scalability due to hardware constraints. Expanding requires new purchases and setup. |
Highly scalable with on-demand resources, allowing quick expansion without hardware limits. |
| Data Security |
Data stored on physical servers prone to theft, damage, or unauthorized access. |
Centralized in the cloud with advanced security protocols, offering enhanced data protection. |
| Maintenance |
Requires constant on-site maintenance, upgrades, and troubleshooting by IT staff. |
Simplified management via the cloud, reducing the need for on-site IT and maintenance. |
| Flexibility |
Limited flexibility—users need to be physically present to access systems. |
Access virtual machines from anywhere, enabling remote work and operational flexibility. |
| Disaster Recovery |
More vulnerable to hardware failures and disasters with limited backup options. |
Built-in disaster recovery and backup options in the cloud, ensuring business continuity. |
We offer tailored plans through which our customer success team can guide you.
Just as when buying a laptop, choose how much memory and processing power you need.
Download the V2 Cloud Client software on your local computer to remotely connect with your cloud desktop.
Log into your V2 Cloud portal and use your application as if you had it installed on your desktop.
See the full list of features for each plan.
I’ve been using V2 Cloud for over 2 years now, and it has been fantastic. Our productivity has increased as we can all work off the same server. I recommend V2 Cloud to any business in search of a secure, reliable and cost-effective cloud desktop solution…
Perm Persaud
Owner of Ark Accounting & Tax PC
As a small business with very few employees all the alternatives required minimum order commitment and exceeded our budget. V2 Cloud help us setup the machine we needed and also install our accounting software.
Virtualization is the process of creating a software-based virtual version of things whether that be computing, storage, networking, servers, or applications that behave just like their physical functionality. In other words, virtualization technology is the method of creating multiple virtual environments within a single physical system, and these virtual environments are all using the hardware of the single physical environment.
This virtualization technology is achieved by using a thin layer of software called a hypervisor. Hypervisor is a software that creates the actual virtualization effect. It allows us to divide a physical system into many different and separated virtual environments, known as virtual machines. The hypervisor allocates RAM, storage, and CPU power to each virtual machine as needed for more efficient hardware utilization. Virtualization solutions enable the company to run multiple operating systems and applications on a single server to boost work efficiency, agility, and security.
Businesses opt for VM (virtual machine) solutions to enhance efficiency and reduce costs. Traditional hardware typically supports only one operating system, leading to underutilization. VM solutions allow multiple systems and applications to run on a single server, streamlining operations and maintenance expenses. This approach also frees businesses from the constraints of physical infrastructure, facilitating scalability and workload management.
Virtual machine (VM) software facilitates the creation and management of VMs on physical servers, enabling server and desktop virtualization among others. Prominent providers include Citrix, Amazon, VMware Horizon, and V2 Cloud. Selecting the right VM software is crucial for operational effectiveness. V2 Cloud offers VM software designed for speed and simplicity, with transparent pricing and a multi-user cloud computing option, ensuring reliable and secure service for businesses.
The cost of a virtualization solution is determined per user, based on selected configurations, including CPU, RAM, and storage capacity. Customized pricing may be available for bulk license agreements. or more details, please visit our packages page or contact us directly.
The first step to setting up a virtual machine is understanding what you need like how many virtual systems you will run. Hard drive space limits the number of virtual machines you can set up, and each virtual machine will need RAM and CPU. Next, once you have determined physical hardware with appropriate resources, you are able to use our V2 Cloud virtualization solution and follow its instructions to set up a virtual machine. Now you have set up a virtual machine, how to configure your virtual machine? You can easily find the configuration setting from the “manage computer” interface, and you can configure your virtual machine such as adding users/applications, upgrading plans, setting storage, etc. If you have more questions or problems about setting up or configuring a virtual machine server, please contact our support team.
Advantages of Virtualization
Disadvantages of Virtualization
Selecting the best virtualization solution depends on your specific business needs. Desktop virtualization, for example, involves moving from physical desktops to virtual ones managed remotely, which can reduce IT expenses and enhance productivity. Providers like V2 Cloud offer services that enable the quick setup of virtual environments, without extensive training, tailoring solutions such as virtual desktops, applications, and servers to your requirements.
