Survey: Continuity Top Reason for Virtualization

Fear of business disruption is the top reason for datacenter virtualization in enterprises according to a survey conducted by virtualization vendor VMware. Server consolidation is the second most popular reason, at 40 percent responses.
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The Web-based survey, which polled 1,038 VMware customers from North America, Europe and the Asia Pacific (Australia, India, China and Japan) found 45 percent of respondents citing business continuity as the main driver for deploying virtualization.

Thirty percent of the VMware customers polled also cited improved manageability as a driver for implementing virtualization, while 25 percent indicated the intent to increase the number of virtualized business-critical applications within the enterprise.

The uptake of virtualization also appears to be on the rise, with 42 percent of respondents indicating that they require all new server workloads to be virtualised, up from 25 percent a year ago.

Common applications
A variety of applications, both Windows and Linux-based, are being virtualised by companies today, according to the survey. Microsoft applications such as Dynamics GP, Exchange, SharePoint and SQL server are among the most commonly virtualised applications, along with customised NET-based applications.

Other popular choices include SAP, Lotus Notes and Oracle products such as PeopleSoft, custom WebLogic-based applications and Oracle database systems.

Desktop virtualization
Survey respondents familiar with the concept of desktop virtualisation cited remote access as the most common reason for implementing desktop virtualisation. Centralised desktop deployment, which allows employees to access personalised desktops from most PCs or mobile devices, was the second most common response.

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BY CIO Team
Source:CIO.IN

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