For Vendor Strategy Professionals

Vendors Beware: Virtualization, PaaS, And SaaS Are Changing The Capacity Management Tools Market

by Jean-Pierre Garbani, November 10, 2009

...modular computing architectures as silver-bullet solutions, fueled by the promise of virtualization. The reality is that while these computing models may provide enabling technologies...

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

TechRadar™ For Infrastructure And Operations Professionals: Infrastructure Virtualization, Q4 2009

I/O Virtualization Enters Its Growth Phase

by Galen Schreck, November 16, 2009

...Every major category of IT infrastructure has been endowed with some virtualization capability. Although virtualization can make your IT environment more cost-effective and...

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Why Isn't Server Virtualization Saving Us More?

A Few Small Changes May Dramatically Increase Your Efficiency

by Galen Schreck, January 28, 2009

...Companies have rapidly adopted server virtualization over the past few years, but there are big differences in their...

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Desktop Virtualization: The Updated Rules Of The Road For Virtualizing Windows

Understanding Windows Licensing As It Applies To Your Desktop Virtualization Initiatives

by Natalie Lambert, April 9, 2009

...the beginning of the year, Microsoft updated its Windows licensing for desktop virtualization. This means that IT professionals exploring the use of desktop virtualization to...

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Assess Your Infrastructure Virtualization Maturity

Here's How To Move To The Next Stage

by James Staten, Galen Schreck, July 10, 2009

...Why are most organizations not achieving more with infrastructure virtualization? They just aren't ready to. Through more than 200 enterprise interviews...

For B2B Market Research Professionals

Inquiry Insights: Server Virtualization, Q4 2008

Marketing Executives Must Help Buyers Navigate A Swift Market

by Frank E. Gillett, March 6, 2009

...To help marketers of virtualization-related offerings understand what customers are wrestling with, we reviewed 153 Forrester...

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Case Study: The State Of Indiana Tunes Its I&O Department For Virtualization Success

by Galen Schreck, Rachel A. Dines, March 20, 2009

...of dollars a year. How did they do it? Massive consolidation and virtualization efforts, and more importantly, an infrastructure and operations organization that is designed...

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Best Practices: Aligning Your Infrastructure And Operations Department Around Virtualization

by Galen Schreck, Rachel A. Dines, March 20, 2009

...Getting the most out of virtualization requires firms to overcome cultural divides that exist within even the most...

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Case Study: Graybar Electric Builds Virtualization Into The DNA Of Its Infrastructure

by Galen Schreck, Rachel A. Dines, May 14, 2009

...the supply chain management services giant Graybar Electric began to dabble in virtualization technologies. Today, it has a large and successful virtual server and storage...

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Aligning Your VMware Licensing Strategy With Your Broader Virtualization Plans

by Christopher Voce, Galen Schreck, November 12, 2009

...of its products. For all of the grief it gave Microsoft about virtualization-unfriendly licensing policies, at least these policies are posted on Microsoft's...

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Know Your Facts: Understanding The Realities Of Desktop And Application Virtualization

by Natalie Lambert, July 29, 2009

...Despite client virtualization becoming increasingly popular, there is still much confusion about the different technologies...

For Vendor Strategy Professionals

IT Buyers Prioritize Virtualization Over Cloud

Strategists Should Plan Practical Offerings And Messaging For Buyers

by Frank E. Gillett, October 30, 2009

...we used carefully worded questions to test buyer priorities on initiatives for virtualization, consolidation, automation, internal cloud, and infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS). We learned...

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Case Study: Lionbridge Uses Virtualization To Reclaim Its Data Center

Microsoft Hyper-V's Maturation In Windows Server 2008 R2 Yields Improvements

by Christopher Voce, November 10, 2009

...Microsoft Windows Server is ubiquitous in corporate data centers, but its server virtualization solution, Hyper-V, a feature of the operating system (OS), has faced...

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Peer Adoption: The State Of Server Virtualization  (471 KB PPT)

by Christopher Voce, November 20, 2009

...This data chart examines the usage and trends of server virtualization in enterprises today as well as the motivations that drive adoption. ZZQ...

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Forrester's Infrastructure Virtualization Maturity Assessment  (146 KB XLS)

by James Staten, Galen Schreck, Rachel A. Dines, July 10, 2009

...200 client interviews and inquiries, Forrester has determined that the use of virtualization follows a pattern of experience that breaks down into four stages of...

For B2B Market Research Professionals

Virtualization Trends In Emerging Markets, 2009   (408 KB PPT)

by Ellen Daley, August 7, 2009

This Data Chart is based on data from Forrester's Enterprise Global Technology Adoption Survey, Asia Pacific, Latin America, Middle East, And Africa, Q1 2009.

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Client Virtualization Adoption Trends, 2009  (528 KB PPT)

by Natalie Lambert, October 6, 2009

...A look at the most recent client virtualization adoption trends. ZZQ

Self-Assessment Tool: Aligning I&O Around Virtualization Self-Diagnostic Tool

...the business on your side Have you set up a trial of virtualization in your test or development environments? Have you brought in a consultancy...

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Virtualization Is This Season's Cap Management

Capacity Management In A Virtual World

by Simon Yates, June 17, 2009

...With improved service performance, coupled with the rise of virtualization and the limits of hardware sprawl, Forrester anticipates improvements to the capacity...

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Demystifying Client Virtualization

Desktop And Application Virtualization Increase Security And Streamline Ops

by Natalie Lambert, April 9, 2008

...users and IT's need for increased manageability and security?" Emerging client virtualization technologies have the answer: Cost-effectively deliver a desktop tailored to each...

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

X86 Server Virtualization For High Availability And Disaster Recovery

How x86 Server Virtualization Affects Business Resiliency

by Stephanie Balaouras, Christopher Voce, October 24, 2007

...To date, the primary driver behind the adoption of server virtualization has been consolidation. But as enterprises gain experience with the technology, additional...

For Security & Risk Professionals

What Server Virtualization Means For IT Security Managers

by Jennifer Albornoz Mulligan, April 12, 2007

...As server virtualization increases in popularity, server administrators see virtualization as a huge help in...

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Decoding Virtualization's Present And Future

by Galen Schreck, January 9, 2007

...X86 server virtualization has brought mainframe functionality at x86 prices. Although a boon for firms...

For Technology Product Management & Marketing Professionals

Virtualization Won't Simplify ISV Platform Choices

Strategists Should Choose One Or Two Infrastructure Stacks To Support

by Frank E. Gillett, January 3, 2008

...As x86 hardware commoditizes and VMware-style virtualization proliferates, many independent software vendor (ISV) strategists are hoping that they'll...

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Information Fabric 2.0: Enterprise Information Virtualization Gets Real

by Noel Yuhanna, Mike Gilpin, April 9, 2007

...Forrester's information fabric vision of enterprise information virtualization has evolved as enterprises have implemented more parts of the vision and...