SURVEY - 48% OF CIOS SELECT HYPERVISOR ON EASE OF MGT, NOT FUNCTIONALITY


Hello ITinCanada Folks,

 

I thought that perhaps someone might be interested in getting the following news in advance and possibly doing a story.

 

On April 11, Veeam will release the results from another international survey of CIOs on virtualization, this time focusing on management. (The November survey may be found here.)

 

Here are some of the findings:

 

·         Management vs. Functionality: 48 percent of CIOs are selecting hypervisors based on ease of management rather than functionality

·         Delays from Lack of Visibility: 49 percent of organizations using virtualization suffer from delays resolving IT problems due to a lack of visibility into the IT infrastructure

·         Traditional Management Tools Lack Virtualization Functionality: 80 percent of CIOs who are using specialist tools to manage their virtual infrastructure would prefer to use their traditional enterprise-wide management tools but can’t due to a lack of functionality

·         Management concerns slowing adoption: 45 percent of those surveyed stated that management concerns are slowing their adoption of virtualization.

·         Importance of dual hypervisor management: 68 percent of all companies believe that it will become important to manage both VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V from a single dashboard.

 

The survey was commissioned by Veeam and fielded by Vanson Bourne, an independent market research company. Vanson Bourne surveyed 253 CIOs from organizations across the United States, United Kingdom, Germany and France that employ more than 1,000 people and use VMware vSphere.

 

I’d be happy to set up an interview with Doug Hazelman of Veeam to discuss these findings and will send you a release as soon as it’s final.

 

Best,

Marty Querzoli

Davies Murphy Group

(781) 418-2433