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10:36 25th August 2011
A new survey has found that an increasing number of firms within the IT industry are interested in virtualisation.
According to Symantec's 2011 Small Business Virtualisation Poll, 70 per cent of respondents said their companies are considering virtualisation, with the majority citing lower capital expenses as their primary motivation.
Two-thirds (67 per cent) of firms said they are drawn to virtualisation because of its ability to enable them to use fewer servers for the same number of applications, while 65 per cent cited improved server scalability.
Despite their enthusiasm, businesses are still facing significant barriers to adopting virtualisation, with top challenges including performance, backup, security and patch management.
Steve Cullen, senior vice-president of strategy and marketing at Symantec, pointed out that virtualisation enabled firms to reduce their costs and meet increasing demand for greater efficiency and productivity.
"Whether or not small businesses are ready to make the transition to virtualized technologies, it's critical that they always secure and protect their data no matter what type of environments they have," he added.
The Storage Networking Industry Association Europe recently highlighted the importance of firms investing in unified storage systems.
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