2011 Virtualization and Evolution to the Cloud Survey

Key Findings

Methodology

• Survey Performed by Applied Research

• 3,700 enterprises worldwide

• Tactical IT, Strategic IT and C-level professionals

• Cross-industry

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Key Findings

• Gaps between expectations and reality

• Increasing focus on business-critical applications

• Quality of service challenges

• IT and business executives out of synch

• Most organizations rely heavily on outside service providers

Market Adoption

• Most (76-83%) are at least discussing cloud adoption

• Server virtualization is most mature (45% implementing)

• Private Storage-as-a-Service is least mature (36% implementing)

• Greater adoption in large enterprises

• U.S. ahead of the rest of the world

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Storage virtualization Desktop or endpoint virtualization

Server virtualization Private storage-as-a-service Private or hybrid cloud computing

Q12: At what stage is your organization in each of the following areas?

1 - Not considering 2 - In discussion/planning phase 3 - In trials 4 - Implementing 5 - Have implemented

Gaps Between Expectations and Reality Reveal Evolving Market

• We asked those who have already implemented:

– What their original goals were (expected)

– What they actually achieved after implementing (realized goals)

• We measured the gap between expected and realized goals

• Server virtualization tracked well (only 4% average gap)

• Private Storage-as-a-Service challenging to implement (37% average gap)

Server Virtualization

• Biggest gaps:

– Scalability (down 7%)

– Reduce CapEx (down 12%)

– Reduce OpEx (down 10%)

• Biggest gaps:

– Agility (down 32%)

– Scalability (down 35%)

– Reduce OpEx (down 32%)

Storage Virtualization

Endpoint/Desktop Virtualization

• Biggest gaps:

– New endpoint deployment (down 27%)

– Application delivery (down 30%)

– Application compatibility (down 27%)

• Biggest gaps:

– Scalability (down 34%)

– Reduced complexity (down 40%)

– Efficiency (down 37%)

Private Storage-as-a-Service

• Biggest gaps:

– Time to provision new resources (down 39%)

– Scalability (down 34%)

– Security (down 29%)

Hybrid/Private Cloud Computing

Increasing Focus on Business-Critical Applications

• Organizations leveraging virtualization for business-critical applications

– Top apps include database, web, email and calendar

• More slowly leveraging hybrid/private cloud technologies

– Average of 33% of business-critical apps in hybrid/private cloud environments

– Concerns over vulnerabilities, disaster recovery and encryption

Quality of Service Challenges Emerge as Top Priorities

• Storage cost and performance is top of mind

• Security concerns

• Performance issues

• Availability

IT and Business Executives Out of Synch

• Why?

– Reliability

– Security

– Performance

• IT very open

• App owners also open

• U.S. less cautious than

the rest of the world

Most Organizations Lean Heavily on Third-partyService Providers

Symantec Recommendations

• Ensure alignment between IT and executives in virtualization and cloud initiatives

• Don’t operate in a silo when it comes to cloud computing

• Leverage and modernize your existing infrastructure

• Set realistic expectations and track your results