Virtualisation's ability to separate the operating system from hardware will give companies the choice to let staff run their own devices at work, according to analysts but security remains problematic today.
Analyst group Gartner believes that virtualisation will allow Microsoft to create a more flexible operating system platform in the future based around modularity.
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The number of servers shipped to the Asia Pacific region has increased by 10 percent, but shipments to Australia have taken a 7.9 percent dive.
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You've only got to hang around a datacentre for about 30 seconds before someone starts raving on about virtualisation. While the cost benefits of virtualisation are obvious, the management challenges often get swept under the carpet.
Some future trends in storage are obvious: we'll need more of it, it'll be cheaper per megabyte, and a lot of it will be virtualised.
Concepts such as utility computing, Web services and business process management shouldn't be considered in isolation but rather as components of the real-time enterprise (RTE).
Green IT has shifted way down the priority list for corporate technologists, according to analyst firm Gartner, which this week released the latest version of its top 10 strategic technology areas list for the coming year.
Server virtualisation is a no-brainer -- it's quick to deploy and easy to justify in terms of cost-savings but too many companies are deploying the technology without considering the security implications.
Microsoft is taking a stand on an emerging technology that threatens to reshape software pricing models.
Making predictions about the storage market isn't difficult. Suggest that capacities will go up and costs will go down and you shouldn't go too far wrong.
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