Virtualisation set to dominate

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Infrastructure virtualisation will be the dominant technology trend in data centers within the next few years and will save UK companies millions of pounds, according to a report by IT market research company, the Butler Group.

According to the report, an organisation running 250 dual-core servers could save £2 million over just three years. Above all else, IT infrastructure virtualisation must be recognised as a technology that has evolved at the right moment in time, due to the convergence of a number of influencing factors, says Roy Illsley, a senior research analyst with Butler Group, and the author of the report. Virtualisation technology, he adds, is hitting a tipping point as three factors converge: the need to reduce energy use; the shift toward automation; and the need for agility to respond to dynamic market demands. Whats more, the increasing dominance of virtualisation will require a fundamental shift in thinking among forward-looking businesses. One of the first things is to change the mindset of how to view resources, Illsley says, adding that IT is still too compartmentalised. Moving to a virtualised world, IT resources are pooled resources, and you get allocation based on importance.

Our take: Virtualisation is changing the way that IT is organised, managed and used. Companies that are not incorporating it into their future IT strategy will soon find themselves behind the curve.

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Amanda Smith, 11 months ago

Do the findings above apply to companies of all sizes or does the initial investment in virtualisation limit it to large enterprises? Given the space limitations many small and medium-sized businesses face, the technology sounds like it would be really well suited to this size organisation as well, but I don't know whether the price would make it unfeasible.