The Future of Virtualization: Leveraging Mobility to Move Beyond Consolidation

Table of Contents

• Table of Contents
• IDC Opinion
• In This Study
• Situation Overview
  • Drivers of Virtualization 1.0
• Future Outlook
  • The Future of Virtualization: Some Forks in the Road
  • Figure: Beyond Server Consolidation
    • The Other Fork: Virtual Machine Mobility
      • Business Continuity: Driving Interest
      • Figure: Business Continuity: Leveraging Virtual Machine Files
      • Figure: A Variety of Drivers: Business Continuity by Markets and Company Size
      • Beyond DR: High Availability for the Masses
      • Figure: Challenges to Clustering: Ease of Use
      • Figure: Cost of Downtime, 2002-2011
    • VM Mobility: Live Migration
    • Figure: Future Use Cases of Live Migration
      • Server Virtualization and the Impact on SOA
      • Figure: Policy-Based Management of Services Via Virtualization
• Essential Guidance
• Learn More
  • Related Research
  • Synopsis