Virtualization – the technique of managing systems and resources functionally, regardless of their physical layout or location – is of growing importance to IT. Some areas are approaching significant maturity, such as storage virtualization or thin-client computing; others, such as application streaming or operating system virtualization, are just starting to energize the market and reinvigorate the idea of virtualization.
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Virtualization 101: Technologies, Benefits, and Challenges
In this educational white paper, EMA provides an introduction to help enterprise IT professionals get up to speed on this emerging technology. Topics covered include: the different types of virtualization; benefits of virtualization; and virtualization challenges.
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Virtualization: Exposing the Intangible Enterprise
EMA Senior Analyst Andi Mann shares results from his recent exhaustive study of the Virtualization market, and discusses the many benefits of and challenges posed by Virtualization.
For this 2008 study, EMA surveyed and interviewed more than 625 enterprise IT professionals to learn their thoughts on virtualization and the IT management implications of virtualization technologies. This report represents the most extensive virtualization research to date, and the first to provide accurate, data-driven, long-term trend analyses, forecasts, and recommendations.