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Research VP Distinguished Analyst Tom Bittman discusses the benefits of virtualization.
5 February 2010
Virtualization brings flexibility, agility and increased capabilities to enterprise users, but it takes investment. This overview points the way for IT leaders to assess their virtualization needs and present a cohesive business case to decision makers.
22 July 2010
Server virtualization for x86 architecture servers is one of the hottest trends in IT today, and will remain so for several years. Competition is maturing, and the market has a number of viable choices.
17 May 2010
VMware experienced robust growth in the first quarter on the back of strong demand follow-through from the fourth quarter. Additionally, the company is expecting strong customer demand for the balance of the year.
7 October 2009
The x86 architecture server virtual machine market has become extremely competitive during the past few years. We discuss installed base growth, and forecast market share.
26 May 2010
Although virtualization has focused on the x86 environment, the use of virtualization with Unix is steadily growing. This research examines the products available, the current usage, its growth potential and the main inhibitors to that growth.
13 July 2010
When planning a server consolidation project, understand potential problems or pitfalls that you may encounter, so that you can avoid them or understand their impact on your consolidation project. This research presents the 10 pitfalls we most often see, and provides best practices for handling them.
24 June 2010
Spending on x86 server and desktop virtualization software technologies is forecast to grow at a 23.7% compound annual growth rate through 2014. The market is driven by organizations looking to lower total cost of ownership and increase overall IT effectiveness.
11 June 2010
2009 was not an easy year for IT operations management software. The market declined 1.8%, down from 10.6% growth in 2008, to generate $14.2 billion. Growth areas were availability and performance (distributed) and job scheduling and run book automation, which grew 6.1% and 0.4%, respectively.
2 February 2010
By introducing new weighting factors for deployment types, the latest version of the Server Evaluation Model is now able to assess any one of six workloads, depending on whether they are best-suited to virtual, logical or physical deployments.
29 March 2010
Market preference for application serving workloads favors x86-based platforms and a scale-out architectural approach. This programmable Toolkit, based on Server Evaluation Model v.6, enables the user to evaluate virtual, logical or physical deployments as the optimum choice for new projects.
27 May 2010
Market preference for OLTP DBMS serving workloads has traditionally favored a scale-up architectural approach. This programmable Toolkit, based on Gartner's Server Evaluation Model v.6, enables users to evaluate virtual, logical or physical deployments as the optimum choice for new projects.
27 May 2010
Using new weighting factors for deployment types, this programmable toolkit, based on Server Evaluation Model Version 6, enables users to assess virtual, logical or physical deployments as the optimal choice for Web-serving workloads.
16 July 2010
Using new weighting factors for deployment types, this programmable Toolkit, based on Server Evaluation Model version 6, enables users to evaluate virtual, logical or physical deployments as the optimum choice for infrastructure serving workloads.
21 June 2010
Using new weighting factors for deployment types, this programmable Toolkit based on Gartner's Server Evaluation Model v.6 enables users to evaluate virtual, logical or physical deployments as the optimum choice for database management system serving workloads in data warehouses.
30 July 2010
This research summarizes the four most common workload selections using Gartner's Server Evaluation Model, which tracks six server workloads. The four workloads -- Web, application, OLTP DBMS and DW DBMS -- form the extended n-tier pattern used by modern ERP applications.
29 July 2010
Server virtualization remains a hot trend, but misconceptions about server virtualization continue to be raised by clients. We discuss six key misconceptions about the trend, the market, virtualization savings and virtualization strategies.
15 June 2010
Hosted virtual desktops promise a wide range of benefits, with many organizations looking to deploy them for their users. However, IT managers should understand their suitability to user and infrastructure requirements (for servers, data centers, storage and networks) and plan accordingly.
10 June 2010
As the hype around HVDs continues, the reality of limitations and issues of deployment arise. We highlight the top 10 things that organizations need to consider before deploying.
22 March 2010
Many Gartner clients considering hosted virtual desktops are concerned about the implications for their networks because HVDs can strain the network with bandwidth demands and can suffer from latency limitations. Network infrastructure preparation is critical before HVD deployment.
12 March 2010
Many organizations considering hosted virtual desktops are concerned about the implications for their server infrastructure requirements. Gartner recommends a flexible approach that prepares the budget for extra server capacity.
16 March 2010
Enterprises anticipating the conveniences that hosted virtual desktops will bring need to understand their impact on data centers. IT planners should plan accommodations for stepped-up demand on space, power and cooling.
10 June 2010
Many Gartner clients ask whether server-based computing server workloads benefit from being virtualized. We examine instances where virtualization makes sense, and where it does not bring value for SBC.
18 February 2010
Enterprises face a growing range of options for how they deliver client computing applications and capabilities to users. These choices offer new efficiencies and flexibility, but also can lead to extra management complexity if not deployed in a targeted and balanced manner.
24 February 2010
Better control of the client-computing environment is a strategic objective for most IT organizations, but it will not be achieved without a technology road map. For organizations planning Windows migrations, architectural changes or new applications, we outline best practices for building such road maps.
16 June 2010
The PC industry remains on track to deliver a standard hypervisor for business PCs in 2011. However, XenClient is not yet that standard, and enterprises should not adopt or deploy it broadly unless it's preloaded and supported by their PC suppliers.
16 October 2009
Organizations must take appropriate action associated with tools, staff, processes and budgets to accommodate the step function of growth in centralized data when implementing hosted virtual desktops.
23 July 2010
Gartner's Hosted Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Planner helps organizations evaluate infrastructure requirements for, and the costs of, HVD deployments.
12 July 2010
Selecting the best hosted virtual desktop (HVD) client for a HVD implementation presents IT organizations with a dilemma: What's the best choice--thick-client, thin-client, or zero-client? In this Gartner assessment, Research Director/Analyst Nik Simpson examines the various approaches to providing the client device for a HVD implementation.
3 June 2010
Many Gartner clients are eager to deploy hosted virtual desktops, but find the associated licensing issues confusing. We address the most common questions, providing answers that include examples of various types of scenarios.
18 March 2010
Hosted virtual desktops are projected to reach 74 million users by 2014. This level of takeup would require an additional 9% of server shipments to support HVD workloads. This document looks at the impact of HVDs on the server market.
15 June 2010
Hosted virtual desktops require organizations to rethink how best to support end users and their environments. Siloed support structures must give way to HVD competency centers.
17 June 2010
Since storage virtualization came on the scene in the 1980s, it has become integral to the way organizations handle stored data. This document highlights Gartner research that discusses various aspects of storage virtualization and its impact on storage deployment.
15 December 2009
While server virtualization provides a solution in consolidating servers, from a wider system perspective, additional cost benefits can be achieved if storage solutions and management processes are designed into the project from the early stages.
14 June 2010
Storage virtualization, which is different from server virtualization, is often misunderstood, but plays a vital role in the deployment and management of storage today.
16 June 2010
EMC developed VPLEX to provide a storage virtualization appliance that is focused more on data mobility and accessibility between data centers than within data centers, although it works for both. Consistent with recent practices, EMC revealed its road map for extending distances to global scale.
28 October 2009
Planning for storage requirements is a critical part of any server virtualization project. Many tools for the purpose exist, but their use is often an afterthought or an emergency purchase when customers discover that server virtualization increases storage costs and management complexity.
14 June 2010
Although most of the business benefits of storage virtualization can be gained with standard disk arrays or heterogeneous storage virtualization appliances, users have begun to find successful use cases that specifically apply to the latter.
4 June 2010
This research examines the contributing market dynamics, technological evolution and future of the distributed virtual tape library interface. While VTLs were hot during the last decade, this backup protocol's half-life has already been reached.
24 February 2010
New storage solutions can help IT professionals build more modern, efficient and easier-to-manage data life cycle management plans. Review your strategy, and consider these technologies and processes.
9 June 2010
High-availability storage and many additional operational tasks are required to provide true high-availability services in virtualized server environments.
22 July 2010
While x86 server virtualization may be maturing, virtualization as an IT initiative is still, at best, in adolescence, and still disruptive to IT users and providers, leading to continued levels of hype while delivering the foundation for power and cooling and cloud-computing initiatives.
9 March 2010
Most large enterprises will face significant decision points in their data center strategies during the next three to five years. We explain, in detail, the ramifications of these forces and offer guidance to users on how to deal with these changes.
3 March 2010
Despite a massive contraction in the purchase of servers in 2009, data center power, cooling and space problems remain top concerns. The outlook for 2010 and 2011 looks worrisome as organizations spend more on high-density infrastructure.
16 April 2010
IT organizations deploying server virtualization technology need to reconsider traditional performance monitoring approaches. We review the key dimensional aspects for developing an end-to-end strategy.
14 January 2010
The need to improve virtual machine delivery consistency and resource allocation is causing previously, somewhat separate process disciplines to be viewed in a more integrative manner. We discuss the ramifications in this research.
25 February 2010
New desktop virtualization tools have emerged to help improve client manageability and the user experience. Organizations that struggle with established management approaches, particularly for mobile users, should look to these alternatives as part of Windows 7 planning.
25 January 2010
Virtualization isn't inherently insecure, but in many cases, it is being deployed insecurely. Here, we summarize the most frequently occurring security risks associated with virtualization and provide specific advice to address each risk.
16 June 2010
Allocating or charging back IT costs is a controversial topic within IT organizations and for their stakeholders. Here, we collect and briefly summarize relevant Gartner research to help enterprise leaders with the many challenges that arise in cost allocation and chargeback.
8 January 2010
Infrastructure utility for SAP services offer cost, quality and flexibility advantages that have led to significant enterprise use. This research compares the architectural characteristics of five leading IU4SAP provider offerings.
28 October 2009
Many organizations have been struggling with the challenges of licensing software under server and desktop virtualization. The answers to frequent client questions from recent Gartner events and analyst inquiries are addressed, but there are no easy magic answers.
19 May 2009
Most virtualization total cost of ownership figures are not based on a like-for-like comparison. This Toolkit helps clients calculate, measure, and realize like-for-like cost savings from implementing virtual server configurations. It can also be adapted to meet other specific needs.
22 March 2010
The outcome and cost of a virtualization project can be difficult to predict until a detailed assessment is completed, making it difficult to put out to tender. This Toolkit helps clients select a partner to complete this assessment and take responsibility for delivering the benefits identified.
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