Infrastructure Virtualization to become Dominant
<p><strong>London — Sept. 25</strong><br />A report just published by Butler Group, a European IT research and advisory organization, expects infrastructure virtualization technology to become the dominant technology in data centers within the next two to three years. </p><p>The report, “Infrastructure Virtualisation,” puts this down to the convergence of three significant factors in the global economy: the need for organizations to reduce energy consumption, which enables them to also reduce their carbon footprint; the importance of the ability to respond to market opportunities faster and the increased shift toward automation as a means of reducing operational costs. </p><p>Butler Group, however, says that infrastructure virtualization requires a significant change in an organisation’s culture from both an IT and business perspective — moving away from the siloed business unit autonomy position toward a corporate pooled resource perspective, which has the potential to deliver even more significant savings and increased systems agility than those quantified above.</p><p>“Above all else, IT infrastructure virtualization must be recognized as a technology that has evolved at the right moment in time due to the convergence of a number of influencing factors,” said Roy Illsley, senior research analyst and author of the report. “As such, it will help organizations address the challenges faced in competing in today’s global economy. Understanding what infrastructure virtualization can deliver, and how it is delivered, is the key to IT departments’ successful evolution toward a more efficient model for deploying and consuming IT resources.”</p>
