IDC Research on the Growth of Virtualization
IDC Research on the Growth of Virtualization
By Charlie Leffingwell
published: Friday, August 17 2007



VSM speaks with Stephen Elliot, Research Manager for IDC’s Enterprise Systems Management Software Service and Industry Insights’ IT Management Service, about the dramatic growth of virtualization Listen to the Podcast:


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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


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