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Despite the recession, global revenue from the sector will surpass $2.7 billion by the end of the year. The biggest market driver? Enterprises’ need to reduce the total cost of ownership of its IT systems; green IT is a welcome byproduct.

Chalk up the data center virtualization industry as another IT sector that is not expected to be seriously damaged by the current recession.

The data storage industry has already claimed a seat on that bus—for now, anyway.

IT researcher Gartner predicted Feb. 11 that worldwide virtualization software revenue will increase a healthy 43 percent from $1.9 billion in 2008 to $2.7 billion in 2009.

Global virtualization software sales and services, and the implementation of them, is on pace to reach 20 percent in 2009—up from 12 percent in 2008, the researcher said.

I wonder if we wont see more small/medium businesses explore virtualization as a concept? As the technologies, the benefits become more well known, as costs and competitiveness become ever more important, could we extend the life of our server by installing VMware or Xen? Could we host our email, intranet and files on one physical asset? Could desktop virtualization be the next step?

What can the vendors do to empower end users through the technology?

What relevance does cost come into play and how does this affect adoption

What best practices as an industry, a vendor or service provider can we announce/work through to encourage more effective use and adoption of the platform?

Do we include the green message in terms of virtualization – is it Green IT people want or reduced cost? Is green a ‘bonus’ or a driver for business innovation through IT?

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