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Systems to become more resilient for companies that utilise virtualisation
Business internet services of companies that utilise hosted server virtualisation will become leaner and more resilient in the coming year, according to one expert.
Neil Barton, director of virtualisation and co-location service provider Hostway, says that in moving towards the medium, companies will not need to train the in-house team or make a significant investment.
He believes that while many businesses were not able to take full advantage of virtualisation technology in 2009 due to "a lack of skills and resources", many more small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) will move towards hosted server virtualisation in 2010.
Recent information from data centre product website Processor states that greater organisational maturity, coupled with the increased availability of purpose-built hardware has meant the promises that virtualisation technology offers in terms of streamlined data centre architecture are almost a reality for an ever-increasing number of companies as the medium begins to emerge as a natural proposition.
Omar Sultan, senior solution manager for the Data Center Solutions team at Cisco says:"We see customers getting increasingly comfortable with virtualization in terms of how it works, what it can do for their business, and just as important, how to manage and operate a virtualized environment."
A financial incentive is just one of the benefits offered by the medium, the site argues, as virtualisation can help companies to save on business costs.
Mr Barton agrees: "By consolidating existing applications and sites onto virtual servers, companies can start to reap the cost and flexibility benefits of virtualisation."
He adds that server and application failure can be guarded against as a number of servers can be employed across a virtual platform.
Therefore, resilience is another aspect to what virtualisation technology can offer.
A recent survey from VMware detailed the various ways in which SMEs are currently using the medium to maximise their business performance.
Some 73 per cent of SMEs have discovered that adopting virtualisation technologies has meant that employees spent less time on routine IT administrative tasks, while 67 per cent of those questioned felt that the medium had actually affected the growth and profitability rate of the company in a positive way.
Similarly, 67 per cent also stated that the business was more prepared for continuity of their plans.
For SMEs that have not yet adopted the technology, Mr Barton advises they could begin with hosted server virtualisation as disrupting the business and re-developing any architecture of the IT system will not be a worry for managers.
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