"Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to dream, the urge to make dreams come true and the tendency to miss lunch."
Tim Berners-Lee
"The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation."
Oscar Wilde
"At some point, you can't lift this boulder with just your own strength. And if you find that you need to move bigger and bigger boulders up hills, you will need more and more help."
Vinton Cerf, Google
"I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act."
Bill Gates, Microsoft
"Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected."
Steve Jobs, Apple
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
Arthur C. Clarke
"The Linux philosophy is 'Laugh in the face of danger'. Oops. Wrong One. 'Do it yourself'. Yes, that's it."
Linus Torvalds, Linux
Virtualization is more than just a concept – it’s a concrete business strategy that can provide tangible value. Executives are constantly looking for ways to slash operating costs and increase revenue. Through the establishment of virtualized services, organizations can save a substantial amount on administrative costs associated with server management and maintenance, server purchases and data center costs associated with power, cooling, and real estate. Executives can drive performance with virtual server workloads – often 5 times that of physical servers.
KEY BENEFITS
Reduce hardware and operating costs by up to 40%
According to IDC, a server utilization rate is 5 – 15% of capacity. Through virtualization, server utilization rates can increase by up to 5 times server capacity.
Increased reliability and management of downtime for end users by reducing the number of physical points of failure and enabling immediate failover during system outages.
Dedicated virtual systems reduces trouble tickets and alerts – lowering system administrative expenses.
Increased resiliency when faced with a major disaster, which helps reduce recovery time
Substantial savings on datacenter space, power, and cooling costs
Saved time and money on maintenance costs
KEY STATISTICS
According to IDC, in a recent paper entitled “ Enterprise Class Virtualization 2.0”, some interesting statistics emerge concerning operational IT infrastructure costs:
$8 is spent monitoring legacy IT for every $1 invested in new IT infrastructure
$.50 is spent to cool and power servers for every $1 in server spending today – may increase to $.70 by 2010
Constructing a new data center costs approximately $1,000 per sq. ft. – this is approximately $40,000 per rack or $2,400 for a typical server
Gartner Group says energy costs may increase from 10% of the IT budget today, to over 50% in the next few years
