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Solution Risk: 4 – High Risk
This solution is suitable for Aggressive IT organizations
This solution is suitable for Aggressive IT organizations
Description: Hide the details of different server models/brands with virtual machines with 1-to-1 ratio between VM and physical machines. Simplify application development and OS management, configuration and patching by standardizing on VM as “platform”Risk Components: Few Vendors, complexity, ROI uncertain
Next Inflection: Medium Risk/early adopter in 18-24 months
Expected ROI: Uncertain
Pitfalls: If Hypervisor software requires frequent updates, ROI of solution erodes
Vendors: Microsoft, SWSoft, VMWare, Virtual Iron, XenSource
New Skills: Configuration and driver support for Hypervisor; managing virtual machines and physical machines in a mixed environment; BCP/DR with virtual machines
Related Technologies: SAN, NAS, blade servers, provisioning software, patch management
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