Hey after the stats in the last blog, I thought you guys might also been interested in these which were sent to me from Omarketing. Last month Emedia conducted a research into virtual systems and found that 50% of IT professionals are already using this new technology, or planning to do so within the next two years.
Last month Emedia conducted a research into virtual systems and found that 50% of IT professionals are already using this new technology, or planning to do so within the next two years.
The survey also showed that over half (52%) of respondents pointed out the following main security challenges to IT professionals adopting virtualisation technologies
-consideration for patching and update (32%),
-guest-to-guest attacks (27%),
-the addition of new host software (22%).
Many of the respondents also believed that they could overcome these threats by taking the following safety measures
- staff training/improving understanding (51%),
- patching/updating/hardening servers (38%),
- using firewalls (30%),
- separating networks/subnetting/routing (25%).
The most important criteria respondents look for when purchasing these systems are:
-server/physical space consolidation (64%),
-disaster recovery (54%),
-reduced cost of ownership (49%),
-speed performance (48%)
-and finally ease of use (43%).
For more information on this survey check out the emedia website Emedia.co.uk
