Andi Mann

There is a well-known and outstanding promise of virtualization, that it can and does deliver significant IT and business benefits, including: Substantial ROI: In hardware consolidation, power, rent, cooling, downtime, etc. Greater agility: With fast IT support for business innovation, transformation, etc. Improved continuity: Through hardware redundancy, site recovery, live migration, etc. And many other business values However, with more and more data coming through showing enterprises struggling to accelerate conversion and maturity of virtualization deployments, it is clear that "outstanding" in this context carries a dual meaning - not just in the sense of fantastic outcomes, but also undelivered outcomes. The Facts Don't Lie - Or Do They? Actually, the raw figures for virtualization adoption can be very misleading. Every survey and study shows clearly that 75%, ... (more)