by CIO Staff

Server Virtualization Snapshot

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Apr 30, 20071 min
Data CenterServersVirtualization

Summary stats on the prevalence of server virtualization implementations

Are you leading or trailing the other fish with your server virtualization plans? Take a look at this snapshot of your peers’ deployment and management progress:

Are you leading or trailing the pack with your server virtualization plans? Take a look at this snapshot of your peers’ deployment and management progress:

72% of today’s U.S. companies with 10,000-plus employees use server virtualization

67% of companies with 1,000 to 9,999 employees do also

50% of today’s virtual servers support production workloads (everyday business apps and core IT infrastructure)

15% of enterprise IT groups are creating a “virtual computing team” to manage this effort

SOURCE: IDC, based on presentation at Directions 2007 conference