ISLANDIA, N.Y., March 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CA (Nasdaq:
CA) today released the findings of a commissioned study conducted
by Forrester Consulting on behalf of CA that examines the impact,
challenges, and requirements of operating virtualized IT
environments.* The study found that the continued expansion of
virtualization introduces new levels of complexity that threaten
the quality, reliability and security of services. The study also
found that as day-to-day production responsibility shifts from
subject matter experts to operational generalists, new management
and automation tools are needed to minimize the risks.
"The study results reflect CA's belief that management is the
key to unlocking the business value of virtualization," said
Roger Pilc, corporate senior vice
president and general manager, Virtualization and Service
Automation, CA. "Comprehensive, enterprise-class management
and automation can increase IT agility, reduce costs, improve
service quality, and reduce risks in physical, virtual and cloud
computing environments."
Key findings from the survey of 257 virtualization
decision-makers in the U.S., U.K., France, Germany and Japan include:
- Moving to internal clouds requires changes to processes and
automation management: Many organizations see cloud computing
as the logical outgrowth of virtualization. Twenty-eight percent of
respondents plan to evolve from virtualization to private cloud
computing services for some production workload in the next six
months. To attain this goal, the common model of IT service
development and operations must be replaced. Process discipline,
automation and self-service management tools, and organizational
changes are inevitable.
- Comprehensive domain coverage is critical: High among
enterprise users' requirements is the ability for management tools
to seamlessly and comprehensively manage components of the overall
virtualized service that are adjacent to the virtual server,
including physical systems, network, and storage. Virtualization
blurs the lines between domain silos, making seamless management
critical.
- A top-down, application-centric approach is needed:
Business requirements revolve around the applications, not the
infrastructure. Application analysis is near the top of desired
features for virtualization management.
A free copy of the full study is available at
http://www.ca.com/us/analysts/reports/collateral.aspx?CID=227749.
For information about CA's virtualization management
capabilities, visit http://www.ca.com/us/virtualization.aspx.
For information about CA's automation solutions, visit
http://www.ca.com/us/business-driven-automation.aspx.
* "Virtualization Management and Trends," a commissioned study
conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of CA, January 2010.
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