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.
The intense power requirements needed to run and cool datacentres now account for almost a quarter of global carbon dioxide emissions from ICT, according to analyst firm Gartner.
Analyst group Gartner believes that virtualisation will allow Microsoft to create a more flexible operating system platform in the future based around modularity.
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.
Hypervisors are just the skirmish before the virtualisation war proper, according to vendors and analysts, with virtualisation management set to pull in the big bucks in years to come.
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).
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.
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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