Virtualization Strategies for the CIO
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This article is part of the January 2010, Vol. 18 issue of The virtual data center of tomorrow
Generally speaking, virtualization projects present an opportunity to save money across the broad technology landscape. One of the largest virtualization cost savings opportunities is operational efficiencies. For larger IT environments that allocate labor costs directly, this can be a substantial savings and provide one of the best benefits of virtualization. More on virtualization cost savings Saving money by using virtualization Using virtualization for cost-effective servers Cutting and controlling costs with virtualization Virtualization costs include software, hardware and labor Server hardware cost comparison: Is virtualization cheaper? How virtualization can reduce labor costs Like many areas in technology, a well refined cost model can help to realize these virtualization cost savings. If labor hours are charged in an organization to a cost center or project number, virtualization can fundamentally reduce the hours associated with each task. Labor entries may be less for a virtual machine (VM) than a physical system to provision a server, but the ... Access >>>
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State of virtualization and cloud computing: 2011
by Stephen J. Bigelow, Senior Technology Editor
IT professionals demand the increasing utilization and flexibility that virtualization and cloud technologies provide.
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Virtualization cost savings: Labor and maintenance
by Rick Vanover, Contributor
Virtualizing your infrastructure can save money on labor and server lifecycle maintenance. With fewer physical servers, there's less to provision, monitor and maintain manually.
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State of virtualization and cloud computing: 2011
by Stephen J. Bigelow, Senior Technology Editor
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Four mistakes that can kill virtual machine performance
by Greg Shields, Contributor
Screensavers, managing from the console, real-time security scans and certain Windows Server power options can all undermine virtual machine performance. Here's how to avoid VM performance killers.
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Four mistakes that can kill virtual machine performance
by Greg Shields, Contributor
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