With Heterogeneous Virtualized Environments the Norm, Unified Server
Management Seen as Critical Success Factor
ISLANDIA, N.Y., March 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CA (NYSE: CA) today
announced the results of an independent global study that highlights the
mixed results companies are experiencing with server virtualization -- as
well as critical success factors discovered by early adopters.
According to the study -- which surveyed 800 organizations around the
world -- 44 percent of respondents who said they had deployed server
virtualization technology were unable to declare their deployment a
success. Inability to quantify ROI was a key factor in their reticence to
definitively claim positive results.
The study also revealed that 71 percent of organizations that have
moved ahead with virtualization have deployed, or plan to deploy, multiple
server virtualization technologies -- including operating system and
hardware virtualization, operating system partitioning,
para-virtualization, and/or clustering. In fact, 60 percent of
organizations consider clustering a type of server virtualization, adding
to the heterogeneity of virtualized environments.
For organizations claiming success with virtualization, the most
important factor was being able to measure performance of the virtualized
environment. Other key success factors cited in the study include diligent
inventorying of server assets and load distribution, and thorough
investigation of available technology solutions.
According to the study, organizations are primarily deploying
virtualization to improve server/system utilization rates, increase server
reliability and uptime, and enhance business continuity.
"While the market has yet to mature, it's clear that significant
benefits await those organizations that implement proven virtualization
best practices," said Paula Daley, director of product marketing at CA. "CA
is supporting those best practices by providing unified management
capabilities to optimize visibility into the diverse virtualized, physical
and clustered server environments the market favors."
A summary of the report is available at http://ca.com/vpm/survey.
Study Methodology
The survey was conducted in January by The Strategic Counsel, an
independent research firm. Of the respondents, 30 percent were from North
America, 37 percent were from Europe, and 31 percent from the Asia-Pacific
and Japan region. Of the organizations surveyed, 67 percent had between 10
and 99 physical servers, and 22 percent had more than 200.
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About CA
CA (NYSE: CA), one of the world's largest information technology (IT)
management software companies, unifies and simplifies the management of
enterprise-wide IT. Founded in 1976, CA is headquartered in Islandia, N.Y.,
and serves customers in more than 140 countries. For more information,
please visit http://ca.com.
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