| | September 20178CIOReviewCardinal Health's requirements of our IT infrastructure are probably very similar to those of companies of any industry and any size. My primary job is to provide infrastructure that is continuously available, high performing and low cost.In order to achieve these three objectives, we've made investments in capabilities, improved our incident management processes and ensured that we are constantly evaluating our engineering and management talent, as well as the technologies deployed.Since 2006, we have partnered with VMware as our provider of critical products to help us achieve success. Initially, we implemented Elastic Sky X (ESX) with help from VMware and Rolta/Advizex who were embedded with our traditional server teams and helped us develop a virtualization practice. We began slowly and worked with our application teams to debunk any myths about virtualizing their servers. As Cardinal Health's ESX deployment snowballed, we were able to make use of the tremendous memory and computing capabilities that the commodity hardware suppliers were deploying at the time. Cost and consolidation of our footprint were the initial drivers of our strategy. However, we immediately realized that virtualization took most hardware failures out of the equation and that our meantime to restore service was dramatically reduced.Taking Steps forward along the VMware journeyBy Justin Hooper, VP, Infrastructure Services, Cardinal Health [NYSE:CAH]Justin HooperIN MY OPINION
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