1. 2011 Virtualization and Evolution to the
Cloud Survey
Key Findings

2. Methodology
• Survey Performed by Applied Research
• 3,700 enterprises worldwide
• Tactical IT, Strategic IT and C-level professionals
• Cross-industry
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3. Key Findings
• Gaps between expectations and reality
• Increasing focus on business-critical applications
• Quality of service challenges
• IT and business executives out of synch
• Most organizations rely heavily on outside service providers

4. Market Adoption
• Most (76-83%) are at least discussing cloud adoption
• Server virtualization is most mature (45% implementing)
• Private Storage-as-a-Service is least mature (36% implementing)
• Greater adoption in large enterprises
• U.S. ahead of the rest of the world

5. Q12: At what stage is your organization in each of the following areas?
1 - Not considering 2 - In discussion/planning phase 3 - In trials 4 - Implementing 5 - Have implemented
100%
15% 15%
90% 20% 20%
24%
80%
20% 21%
70% 21%
23%
21%
60%
20% 19%
50%
19% 21% 16%
40%
22% 21%
30% 20%
21% 19%
20%
24% 24%
10% 19% 20%
17%
0%
Storage virtualization Desktop or endpoint Server virtualization Private storage-as-a-service Private or hybrid cloud
virtualization computing

6. Gaps Between Expectations and Reality Reveal
Evolving Market
• We asked those who have already implemented:
– What their original goals were (expected)
– What they actually achieved after implementing (realized goals)
• We measured the gap between expected and realized goals
• Server virtualization tracked well (only 4% average gap)
• Private Storage-as-a-Service challenging to implement
(37% average gap)

7. Server Virtualization
• Biggest gaps:
– Scalability (down 7%)
– Reduce CapEx (down 12%)
– Reduce OpEx (down 10%)

8. Storage Virtualization
• Biggest gaps:
– Agility (down 32%)
– Scalability (down 35%)
– Reduce OpEx (down 32%)

9. Endpoint/Desktop Virtualization
• Biggest gaps:
– New endpoint deployment (down 27%)
– Application delivery (down 30%)
– Application compatibility (down 27%)

10. Private Storage-as-a-Service
• Biggest gaps:
– Scalability (down 34%)
– Reduced complexity (down 40%)
– Efficiency (down 37%)

11. Hybrid/Private Cloud Computing
• Biggest gaps:
– Time to provision new resources (down 39%)
– Scalability (down 34%)
– Security (down 29%)

12. Increasing Focus on Business-Critical Applications
• Organizations leveraging virtualization for business-critical
applications
– Top apps include database, web, email and calendar
• More slowly leveraging hybrid/private cloud technologies
– Average of 33% of business-critical apps in hybrid/private cloud
environments
– Concerns over vulnerabilities, disaster
recovery and encryption

13. Quality of Service Challenges Emerge as Top Priorities
• Storage cost and performance is top of mind
• Security concerns
• Performance issues
• Availability

14. IT and Business Executives Out of Synch
• Why?
– Reliability
– Security
– Performance
• IT very open
• App owners also open
• U.S. less cautious than
the rest of the world

15. Most Organizations Lean Heavily on Third-party
Service Providers

16. Symantec Recommendations
• Ensure alignment between IT and executives in virtualization
and cloud initiatives
• Don’t operate in a silo when it comes to cloud computing
• Leverage and modernize your existing infrastructure
• Set realistic expectations and track your results