Dell says now that consolidation is generally accepted as a requirement in the server environment, the next logical step is virtualisation.
"It`s estimated that up to 80% of Intel servers will implement some degree of virtualisation, so it is going to become very important in the server and storage market," says Alastair McFadzean, Dell EMEA regional enterprise marketing manager.
However, McFadzean predicts that virtualisation will rapidly become an industry standard. "It will therefore not be unique to any particular vendor who can exploit it as a competitive advantage.
"Virtualisation is likely to gain a stronghold in the market as the next step in consolidation as well as other business reasons such as improving data availability and enabling system maintenance without disrupting workflows."
He also predicts that although virtualisation has been around longer in the storage environment, uptake on the server side will be quicker because of the business value it can deliver.
"Although the market is approaching server virtualisation with the same caution as any new technology, many organisations are rapidly convinced of virtualisation`s business value when they start testing."
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