SIMATIC Virtualization as a Service

Why SIMATIC Virtualization as a Service?

In today's demanding industrial and automation environments, ensuring peak operational efficiency and system availability are critical. Unplanned downtime can lead to significant production losses and escalating costs, while managing system maintenance and modernization can be resource-intensive.

SIMATIC Virtualization as a Service directly addresses these challenges. This service enables the virtualization of your complete system for optimal maintenance and operation. It ensures high system availability, reducing costly downtime. As a ready-to-run solution, this service provides all necessary hardware, software, and comprehensive lifecycle services from a single source.

Key benefits

Enhance efficiency

Streamline maintenance and updates, offering reduced downtime. This ensures continuous, agile operation.

Promote sustainability

High energy efficiency and space savings through the virtualization platform and optimized use of IT resources.

Save on cost

Cost reduction due to energy and space savings as well as optimized maintenance and modernization.

Featured capabilities

Ready-to-run virtualization

Our single-source service delivers a complete, turnkey virtualization solution. We provide all hardware, software, and comprehensive lifecycle support, managing deployment to ensure your system is immediately operational.

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High available server structures

Reduce system downtime with highly available server structures. Our "virtual Storage Area Network" (vSAN) option features high availability of the virtual machines and of the installed application, providing continuous operation.

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Comprehensive support

Receive full lifecycle support from initial setup and configuration to ongoing technical assistance. We help with all technical questions and provide maximum availability for smooth, worry-free operation.