Detailed Guide: building the next generation data center

Overview

Server virtualization promotes flexible utilisation of IT resources, reduced capital and operating costs, high energy efficiency, highly-available applications, and improved business continuity. However, virtualisation brings along with it a unique set of challenges around management of the virtual infrastructure. These challenges are not just limited to technology, but include the lack of virtualisation expertise - they result in roadblocks (or "tipping points") during the virtualisation journey, and prevent customers from advancing their virtualisation implementations.

Read this paper to learn how software vendors are offering virtualisation management software that offers robust features and has well defined roadmaps. Read on to learn how to build the next-generation data center and overcome the challenges of managing a virtual infrastructure.