Report shows server virtualisation on the increase.
A recent survey of over 700 CIOs worldwide has revealed that companies are committing more of their resources to server virtualisation. The report concluded that any company that does not go down the virtualisation route will be in the minority very soon. This drive toward server virtualisation is expected to drive many of these companies purchasing decisions over the coming 18 months.
The report conducted by Citrix, also found that the UK is leading the way for virtualisation, pushing ahead of the US, France, Germany and Japan to be at the forefront of the new technology. The report found that at current, 41 percent of UK companies intend to increase investment in server virtualisation.
The report also found that IT managers are looking to virtualisation to reap major savings in 2010. The report found that IT managers believe that virtualisation has already helped them save an average of 16% of their IT budget. This figure is expected to rise to an estimated 27 percent over the next four years.
Whilst server virtualisation is still the number one priority of the industry, desktop virtualisation is closing the gap quickly. Twenty seven percent of the British organisations are deploying desktop virtualisation, whilst 36 percent are currently evaluating the technology.
The report indicated that those companies that do not have plans for virtualisation, will soon be left behind the curve, finding that only 12% of companies have no current virtualisation underway. Although of the same 12% two thirds said they planned to explore the technology in the next 18 months.
Citrix's vice-president for the UK said: “In the main however, 2010 is set to be the year of desktop virtualisation - the tipping point when CIOs move beyond trials to adopt the technology as part of their organisation wide IT strategy.”
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