Virtualization jamboree in Mumbai

VMware hosted the Virtualization Forum in India, aimed at evangelizing
upcoming virtualization technologies.

This involves stretching the scale of VMware's expertise a step further from
server virtualization to what it calls 'client virtualization', which can enable
enterprises — big and small — to allow users the liberty of using their own
laptops and personal computers, while recreating their business environments as
and when necessary.

The flagship offering of VMware to enable enterprises realize the power of
cloud computing, vCloud, which goes hand in hand with the Virtual Datacenter
Operating System — VD-OS, was well received by the attendees that included
virtualization experts and analysts, especially to counter the current economic
scenario.

"Given today's economic conditions, companies are telling us that
virtualization continues to be a top priority as they seek IT solutions that
deliver significant business results quickly," said Raghu Raghuram, VP, Product
and Solutions Marketing, VMware.

"Customers across key industries are achieving clear business benefits,
including cost savings from consolidating more servers, reducing power and
cooling requirements and Green IT, and at the same time, they gain new
capabilities for their systems to run their business, including enhanced
security, business continuity, disaster recovery, and high availability," he
added.

Explaining this in the Indian context, Ganesh Mahabala, Regional
Director-India and SAARC, said, "Specifically with reference to small and mid
sized companies in India, there are two unique challenges. One, the percentage
of companies that have legacy hardware, and are unwilling to let go of it is
quite high, and two, making companies release RoIs for virtualization as a
technology.

"But VMware's efforts are focused on making these companies understand that
it makes a lot of sense them to concentrate their core business and leave the IT
to technologies like virtualization," he added.

Source: Cybermedia News