Read a rather interesting and valuable piece “Don’t Get Stuck on Your Virtualization Journey: Where to Focus Next”
The following excerpts, from the above, provide a valuable insight:
A typical virtualization journey consists of three distinct phases:
- Phase I: IT Production. Virtualization is used primarily for server consolidation of IT-owned applications.
- Phase II : Business Production. Businesses begin using virtualization for business-critical applications such as Microsoft Exchange Server, Oracle, or SAP, and deploy more advanced virtualization automation and management features.
- Phase III: IT as a Service (ITaaS). All applications are eligible to run in virtual machines (VMs), advanced techniques are used to manage and monitor virtual servers, and IT organization and processes are updated to run efficiently within virtual infrastructure.
