Three out of four businesses, regardless of size,
already have or plan to deploy server virtualisation over the next
12 months, according to a survey by Yankee Group.
The survey of 1,700 managers and executives worldwide found that
of the 76% of organisations that affirmed they will deploy
virtualisation, 62% already have a virtualisation solution in place
or are in the process of migrating, while another 21% indicated
they will install server virtualisation within the next 12
months.
Only 4% of respondents - ranging from the smallest SMBs with
under 50 users to the largest multinational enterprises with
100,000+ end users - said they had no plans to install a
virtualisation solution.
Furthermore, 50% of the 62% that have already deployed server
virtualisation in a production environment indicated that they had
already made attributable cost reductions from the server
consolidation, including a reduction of software licences and
management time.
Only 4% of respondents indicated that there were no total cost
of ownership improvements, while only 9% had not seen any
perceptible return on investment.
Nine in 10 respondents said that deploying server virtualisation
technology was a positive experience and indicated that they were
able to deploy the technology very quickly and efficiently. Some
25% had deployed virtualisation in a production datacentre in one
week or less; 18% had been up and running within one to two weeks;
and 18% indicated they spent two to four weeks deploying the
technology.
However, overall an impressive 61% had deployed server
virtualisation solutions in under one month. Some 19% of companies
said it took them from one to two months to deploy virtualisation;
9% took three to six months and 11% said it had taken longer than
six months.