InformationWeek Analytics Virtualization Report
All the vendors and senior IT staff that we interviewed, up and down the food chain, admit to a sense of dread as they address issues associated with virtualization management and unplanned VM expansion. In our last IT paradigm shift, to client/server architecture, the lack of process maturity around x86 deployment, application performance issues, charge-backs, and failure to deliver on SLAs spawned management beasts that devoured many a budget.
Virtualization is certain to become ubiquitous in the data center and on enterprise desktop deployments—the potential benefits are too attractive to pass up. But the road to comprehensive, smoothly managed environments will be bumpy. Fortunately, all virtualization vendors offer step-by-step planning guides for transitioning to a virtualized data centery—as well they should given the stakes.
This InformationWeek Analytics Virtualization report assesses the current state of virtualization management from the perspective of business technology professionals. The research is based on a survey of 323 business technology professionals. The 23-page report features in-depth analysis, user perspective, and 11+ tables and charts. Use this Special Report to plan or evaluate virtualization at your organization.
Virtualization Report Table of Contents
Research Synopsis
The New Sprawl: Managing Virtual Server Environments
Too Much Too Fast: State Of VM Deployments
Open Field: Heterogeneity In The Virtual Data Center
"VMotion Sickness:" A New Malady
Managing Your VMs
Inhibitors: Some Are Still Wary
Economics Of Virtualization
No Way To Treat An Infrastructure
What You Can Do Now: Constructive Steps
What's Here Now: The Outlook For Tools
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InformationWeek Analytics Virtualization Report was written by Joe Hernick. Joe has covered virtualization, storage, operating systems, voice, and other topics for InformationWeek, Network
Computing, and other publications for seven years. Joe sits on the editorial advisory board for Dark Reading and is a member of the CAIS Commission on Technology. He has been involved in startups, training, consulting, and most recently was a technology services manager at a Fortune 100 insurance company, where his work involved OS rollouts for 63,000 desktops, Y2K readiness, call-center load balancing, automated pharmacies, new-site construction, old-site consolidation, and HIPAA compliance.
Joe currently manages InformationWeek's Virtualization Test Lab running VMware, Citrix Xen, Virtual Iron, Microsoft, and Parallels hosts. He holds a BA in Economics, a Master's in Information Management and is a PMI-certified Project Management Professional.
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