Using Virtualisation To Consolidate Existing IT Resources

Server virtualisation is held up by most vendors as a paragon of virtue when it comes to cutting costs and simplifying an organisation's IT resources. But whilst the first virtue is relatively easy to prove on a return on investment (ROI)-based spreadsheet approach, the second task, that of simplifying an organisation's IT resource, is lot more difficult. Companies, for example, quickly discover that, whilst they can back up their virtual servers in the same way as they...