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Virtualization appeals to IT executives looking to maximize data-centre operations, but they must ask themselves 10 difficult questions before rolling virtualization out to successfully adopt the technology, industry watchers say.

Enterprise Management Associates this week released its collection of “Top 10 questions to ask before any virtualization project.” According to EMA senior analyst Andi Mann, the list starts with the basics around existing skill sets and quickly moves on to technical hurdles of which every IT organization should be aware. The benefits of abstracting software away from hardware to create a flexible, dynamic environment are compelling, but successful adoption depends on having the right skills, security and management tools and business drivers in place.

Check out this article it’s a good read. It all comes down to appropriate use of the technology, coupled within your organizational constraints. Implementing a new technology, a new way of doing things requires business buy in (typically), as part of this you need to work out how you plan to manage the implementation, manage the technologies required and the delivery of the ’service’, ensuring what you promised gets delivered.

The ability to look at the big picture, to say (on a simple level), what problems would I see if tomorrow I said we’re running VMWare ESX, and running on virtual infrastructure. How would VMWare change the way I do business and what steps would I need to take, to resolve issues with ownership, investment and management of this new technology? Check out my previous post: http://www.bladewatch.com/2007/01/12/key-issues-with-vmware/ for the typical issues I thought were important, if you have any ideas, comment or email me!

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