The function of IT is to support business, and every IT decision must be business-driven. So, what kind of business benefits can virtualization provide? It can increase server utilization; help cut costs; let users leverage the multi-core processors common in data centers; give applications mobility, thus improving data recovery capability; reduce physical downtime and hence disruption of service; make it cheaper, faster and easier to do application testing and deployment; and it lets an enterprise pool its servers, maximizing their use.
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The Virtualization Challenge, Part 2: Making the Case
Posted by: Richard Adhikari February 27, 2008 04:00 AMThe function of IT is to support business, and every IT decision must be business-driven. So, what kind of business benefits can virtualization provide? It can increase server utilization; help cut costs; let users leverage the multi-core processors common in data centers; give applications mobility, thus improving data recovery capability; reduce physical downtime and hence disruption of service; make it cheaper, faster and easier to do application testing and deployment; and it lets an enterprise pool its servers, maximizing their use.