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BOSTON, Jul 30, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Yankee Group today released the results from its annual 2008-2009 Global Virtualization Deployment and Usage Survey, in conjunction with the report, Virtualization Price War: VMware’s Little Bighorn. The results from the independent web-based survey of 750 IT administrators and C-level executives from 20 countries indicate significant and rapid adoption of virtualization solutions within the enterprise. According to the survey, approximately 72% of the businesses affirmed that they have already deployed or plan to deploy virtualization solutions.

“Corporate enterprises are tightening their spending belts while searching for alternative Anywhere Application environments that increase cost efficiencies and without sacrificing capability or performance,” said Laura DiDio, research fellow, Yankee Group. “Organizations need not look any further than the virtualization market for the appropriate solution. Thanks to the rapid commoditization and intensified competition in this market, a price war has emerged–making IT departments the true winners in this battle.”

Check out this article talking about virtualization adoption, it’s an interesting read. It also highlights the opportunities within this field both in terms of products and services, from the blade virtual solution to the data center in a shipping container. Exciting times ahead technically and economically.

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