Rapid mainstream increase in virtualisation uptake

Around 72 per cent of businesses have said that they have already deployed virtualisation solutions or plan to do so soon, new research has found.

The Yankee Group survey of 750 senior IT professionals and executives across 20 countries revealed that disaster recovery, backup, server and licensing consolidation, which lower total cost of ownership and accelerate return on investment, keep driving corporations to virtualise their data centres.

"Corporate enterprises are tightening their spending belts while searching for alternative 'Anywhere Application' environments that increase cost efficiencies and without sacrificing capability or performance," said Laura DiDio, research fellow at Yankee Group.

"Organisations need not look any further than the virtualisation market for the appropriate solution," she added.

Recently, Tom Bittman, vice president and distinguished analyst at Gartner, said that virtualisation is "one of the most impactful trends in computing".

He explained: "The availability of free hypervisors will undoubtedly grow the market and provide a compelling reason for companies that have not virtualised their environment to begin doing so."

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