Why Virtualization Matters to the Enterprise Today
Why Virtualization Matters to the Enterprise Today
In IT today, the only constant is change. Achieving best business results from a complex enterprise-class IT infrastructure means more than simply deploying new solutions; it means redefining IT as a versatile instrument of business strategy, which can change in parallel with changing demands. Toward that end, many businesses have pursued big-picture strategies such as consolidation—to reduce the number of servers required to support IT services— and virtualization—to unchain those services from specific implementations and redeliver them in a more dynamic, virtual form. Through consolidation and virtualization, the enterprise can achieve a simpler, more scalable, more cost-efficient IT infrastructure that aligns more flexibly with emerging business goals. Originating at IBM around 40 years ago in the specific context of separate logical partitions running in parallel on a shared mainframe, virtualization has taken on new life in a number of contexts: virtual servers to virtual storage, optimized networks, workstations in virtualized environments, and application virtualization. And like any major paradigm shift in business, virtualization has become a success because it delivers core practical benefits that drive business value by:
- Decreasing IT costs and business risks
- Increasing operational efficiency and flexibility
- Simplifying deployment and management
- Enhancing overall business resilience
- Enabling new forms of innovation.
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