Recent research from Gartner has suggested that for organisations, virtualisation will be the highest-impact trend-changing infrastructure and operations through 2012.
Key drivers are a much-needed simplification of the business infrastructure, the drive towards Green IT, and let’s face it, for many, a sheer naked drive to consolidate resources and increase efficiency. But whatever you’re trying to virtualise – whether it is storage, servers or desktops - it has to be managed effectively.
Hewlett-Packard is to launch a set of products and services, which it claims will help firms achieve better insight into their business, faster application development and greater flexibility in responding to market changes.
Server virtualisation plans have stalled in recent months because of the economic downturn, but there are signs of recovery, according to research firm IDC.
Virtualisation lynchpin VMware has become the latest IT vendor to voice cautious optimism about the economic recovery as more small scale projects get clearance.
Although the benefits of virtualising x86 servers have been pushed relentlessly for the past five years or so, much less discussed have been the challenges involved in moving to a world where resources are pooled and everything is linked.
Computer chip maker Intel has posted stronger than expected third-quarter financial results, indicating a recovery from the effects of the economic downturn. The...