Seventy five per cent of businesses either use server
virtualisation or plan to deploy it over the next 12 months,
research has revealed.
Virtualised systems allow IT resources to be pooled and
optimised across servers, making more efficient use of
hardware.
A worldwide survey of 1,700 managers found that 76% of
organisations were intending to use virtualisation. Of these, more
than 60% had virtualisation in place or were in the process of
migrating.
Another 21% of firms interested in virtualisation intended to
install it within the next 12 months, the research from analyst
firm Yankee Group and Double-Take Software found. Only 4% of
respondents said they had no plans for server virtualisation.
The main reason for adopting virtualisation was reduced
infrastructure costs (43%), followed by easier, more flexible
deployment of applications (18%), and 15% of respondents adopted it
to improve server utilisation rates.
Of the businesses that had deployed server virtualisation in a
production environment, 50% had seen costs fall as a result of
server consolidation, lower licensing costs and savings in
management time.
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