The benefits of virtualization are now in reach for
organizations of nearly every size, although SMBs have some particular
considerations they must examine.
As organizations embrace virtualization and the cloud, IT faces pressures to manage infrastructures while improving the speed and quality of services delivered.
A survey conducted by the IBM User Group SHARE has found that the use of virtualization technologies is spreading in a wide range of companies, however, respondents also say those deployments are largely in the early learning stages.
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Although still a relatively new technology, many analysts expect virtualization to become a dominant data center technology within three years. Here’s a look at three of the market’s leading vendors and their strategies.
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If Microsoft developed a new Windows foundation, say Randall Stross in The New York Times, the company would enjoy advantages that Apple didn’t when it built OS X -- quad-core processing power and virtualization that would let older apps and peripherals "be use indefinitely with little or no performance penalty, making a clean start far easier for customers to accept."
Blog: Another sign that virtualization software is taking root in a wider range of corporations comes from career Web site Dice.com. Its latest marketplace trends report finds that technologists who are trained in particular in VMWare's products will find they are in high demand. A look behind the numbers.
Three CIOs—managing virtualization at various stages of deployment—detailed what it takes to truly succeed with virtualization during a CIOZone Livecast presentation on June 10. Now, this dynamic and informative discussion, which featured 1-800-Flowers.com CIO Steve Bozzo, Hudson Valley Bank CIO Howard Bruck, and Sesame Workshop CIO Noah Broadwater, is available for general viewing. (The Livecast is free, but you must register—which takes just seconds.)