Four Building Blocks to Build a Dynamic Datacenter published by IDC in February, 2010. This report consists of Pages: 13 and the price starts from US $ 4480.
Abstract
This IDC study provides insight into the challenges and requirements
for moving towards the concept of a dynamic datacenter. Specifically,
the document provides insight into four key building blocks needed
to build a dynamic datacenter.
IDC research has found that the
top virtualization objectives for 2010 are to extend virtualization deeper
into the organization and expand the use to new workloads.
Server virtualization has spread quickly and is becoming a "mainstream"
technology in the datacenter of many organizations. IDC believes that
as the use of virtualization matures, organizations will look to
gain further benefits from virtualization. Specifically, they will use virtualization
across server, storage, and network resources to create dynamic resource
pools, with the end goal of making their datacenters more
dynamic in order to be able to quickly respond to
changing business demand.
However, as organizations embark on the transformational journey
of moving from a static to a dynamic datacenter, they
will face several challenges. This study provides advice on how
to overcome these challenges and identifies key building blocks to
build a dynamic datacenter.
"IDC has identified four key building blocks
for building a dynamic datacenter," said Patrik Bihammar, research manager,
IDC Europe. "Organizations need to go well beyond infrastructure virtualization,
to adopt advanced and proactive management and automation capabilities, and
provide self-service and chargeback capabilities to enable users to request
IT services and allow IT to charge for IT services
on a consumption basis."
Table of Contents
- IDC Opinion
- In This Study
- Situation Overview
- Future Outlook
- Building Block 1: Extended Use of Virtualization
- Virtualization Market Developments
- Building Block 2: Advanced and Proactive Management
- Virtualization Management Market Developments
- Building Block 3: Policy-Driven Automation
- IT Automation Market Developments
- Building Block 4: Self-Service and Chargeback
- Essential Guidance
- Advice to End Users
- Advice to Vendors
- Learn More
- Related Research
- Synopsis
- Figure: Reasons for Increased Use of Virtualization in Production Datacenters
- Figure: Key IT Priorities During Economic Difficulties
