Approach Virtualization with Caution

Although virtualization is being touted as a ‘panacea for all IT ills’, it’s not something that can be implemented without a great deal of thinking going into it. While moving into the ‘Cloud’ does seem to be a good idea, a proper assessment needs to be made if the ultimate goal of performance optimization is to be achieved.

A decision has to be taken as to whether virtualization is to be complete or partial and based on the virtual platform that the company is migrating into, hardware and software requirements have to be identified.

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