In June InfoWorld and IDG Research Services Group surveyed 451 InfoWorld subscribers about their virtualization initiatives. In addition to their plans for server, storage, and application virtualization, respondents were asked about the hurdles they've encountered. The most popular complaints:
Inadequate skills/training issues 46%
Complexity 44%
Software licensing issues 41%
Performance and scalability challenges 38%
Inadequate management tools 32%
Oft-cited challenges also included the difficulty to prove ROI, measure results, and obtain buy-in from upper management and stakeholders.
Source: InfoWorld Virtualization Study.
Posted by Doug Dineley on September 15, 2006 04:02 PM
