October 17th, 2007 by James Cerwinski
Categories: IT Admin, Virtualization
Virtualization 2.0
Gartner’s top 10 strategic technologies for 2008 has been published by networkworld.com. These are the technologies that are potentially game changers for companies so it is advised that all IT people examine them. In today’s environment, you don’t want to be behind the innovation curve.
Number one is Green IT. Cost and environmental concerns are driving the public, companies and the government to raise the awareness and urgency for action in this area. The early result has been new designs for chips, software programs to measure and manage power usage, and new technologies such as virtualization. Almost every virtualization story that I have heard or read included a claim to have reduced power usage. It would be great if our innovation in this area resulted in a better environment and much lower oil prices.
Number 5 is Virtualization 2.0. This is a catch all term for the value offered by this technology beyond server consolidation. Think about the simplification of installation and movement. A good example is a university that has a need to build and tear down a laboratory computing environment every semester.
I suggest you read the full article.
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