IDC Research on the Growth of Virtualization

Podcast Summary:

Length: 20:21

• Introduction
• Stephen Elliot, Research Manager for IDC’s Enterprise Systems Management Software Service and Industry Insights’ IT Management Service (:10)
• Key benefits - research findings (:48)
• Cost savings, process side, efficiency (1:10)
• Creation of virtual computing teams (2:30)
• Key challenges - research findings (3:40)
• Learning curve still exists (3:50 )
• Understanding the application of technology (4:00)
• Performance Limitations(5:00)
• Executive level buy in and visibility (5:32)
• Challenge of managing virtual infrastructure (6:02)
• Recommended actions (8:28)
• Advice for platform providers (11:05)
• Key benchmarks - research findings (13:48)
• Virtualization's impact on management, product and process (17:05 )
• Closing