3. Virtualization Benefits
Hardware Consolidation / utilization
Fast server provisioning
Easy server management
Improves backup and recovery
Reduces risk through snapshot technology
Improves uptime
Extends the life of legacy applications
Improves server security
4. On a scale of 1to 5, how would you describe
virtualization’s impact on each of these
areas?
72.7
71.1
69.3
67.4
66.6
66.5
66.2
66
62 64 66 68 70 72 74
TIME SPEND ON ROUTINE IT TASKS
APPLICATION AVAILABILITY
ABILITY TO RESPOND TO CHANGING BUSINESS NEEDS
BACKUP DATA PROTECTION
BUSINESS CONTINUITY PREPARDNESS
COMPANY PROFITABILITY / GROTH RATE
END USER SATISFACTION
EASE OF MANAGEMENT
Score %
5. The facts about Virtualization usage
72% of SMBs choose virtualization for server utilization improvement
57% to reduce the number of servers
49% to improve security
48% to improve availability and uptime
47% to improve application management
47% to improve data backup and protection
6. On a scale of 1 to 5, how would you describe
the perception of effectiveness of the IT
department / role within your organization?
0
6
30
45
19
0
5
23
51
20
1
7
47
30
15
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
1
2
3
4
5
No virtualization Virtualization Total
7. The facts about effectiveness
71% of SMBs that use virtualization feel their IT is highly effective as opposed
to 45% of SMBs not using virtualization
9 out of 10 IT departments say that they spend half their time doing
administrative maintenance
73% of SMBs with virtualization feel significant improvement over
administrative maintenance
IT decision makers feel their departments are more responsive to company’s
needs than business decision makers (33% out of 18%)
8. What is the biggest factor that is preventing
your organization from moving forward with
virtualization today?
54
26.4
24.1
17.2
16.1
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
LACK OF AVAILABLE BUDGET
UNCERTAIN ABOUT THE BUSINESS BENEFITS OR ROI
UNCERTAIN ABOUT WHICH SOLUTION IS BEST FOR OUR
COMPANY
LACK OF RESOURCES AND SKILLS TO DEPLOY
NOT IDENTIFIED THE RIGHT STAKEHOLDERS
%
9. The facts about non-adopters
Just over one in three (34%) have allocated budget and plan to deploy
virtualization within the next year
Another one in six (17%) plan to deploy virtualization but don’t have budget
One in three (33%) are interested in learning more but have not defined a
time frame or budget
Only one in six SMBs who have not yet virtualized is not interested in
virtualization
10. What are the most important IT initiatives
for your organization for the next 12
months?
61.1
52
41.5
38.9
38.6
32
28.1
27.8
25.2
21.9
18.3
17.7
15.7
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
SECURITY ENCHANCEMENTS
DATA BACKUP AND PROTECTION
MAINTAIN CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE
REDUCE ENERGY USE
BUSINESS CONTINUITY / DISASTER RECOVERY
HIGH AVAILABILITY
CLOUD COMPUTIN SAAS
IMPLEMENT SERVER VIRTUALIZATION
IMPLEMENT DESKTOP VIRTUALIZATION
IMPLEMENT SAN
IMPEMENT CRM/SFA
IMPLEMENT VPN
IMPLEMENT ERP
%
