Post by habiba123820 on Nov 2, 2024 12:28:10 GMT 3
Much has been said about virtualization. Including in our blog - I already wrote an article about how to choose a server for virtualization . It has not lost its relevance, so feel free to study it if you want to choose equipment. I will also mention another article - “ Which hypervisor to choose in 2024 ” - it has everything you need to choose the software that suits you: from free KVM / Proxmox VE and Xen, to commercial Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware ESXi.
Today I want to delve a little deeper into the situation: look at import substitution; analyze different types of virtualization: servers, desktops, storage and networks; study the problems and limitations for large businesses; take a peek into the future of this technology.
But first things first.
Important! This article is intended for people familiar with virtualization. Beginners may not understand some terms, but I will explain and leave links to the most difficult ones (the articles I recommended above will also help).
Well, let's start this longread. Coffee and tea won't be superfluous.
Virtualization, Present and Future: What IT Specialists and Decision Makers Need to Know
Right off the bat, virtualization is the wordpress web design agency present and future of businesses of various scales and areas: information technology, telecommunications, retail, corporate and banking sectors, financing, servicing and insurance (BFSI / banking, financing, servicing, insurance) and other HoReCa . It is used literally everywhere.
Researchers from Research and Markets estimated the virtualization software market at $57.3 billion in 2022. According to forecasts, by 2028 this amount will increase by 3.3 times, the market will reach $190 billion.
The trend is obvious, if we break it down into points, we get the following:
Organizations are migrating to the cloud. Various IaaS , PaaS and SaaS models from cloud providers allow you to fully or partially transfer your local IT infrastructure to the cloud. This saves resources (material and immaterial, especially OPEX ), increases flexibility (no binding to hardware, software and location), increases productivity (performance can be instantly scaled on demand) and much more. And under the hood of any cloud lives virtualization.
Efficient use of resources and convenient administration. If an organization cannot or does not want to move to the cloud (in whole or in part), then virtualization in the local IT infrastructure helps to increase productivity and reduce costs. Convenient administration, fast recovery after failures, backup, automation of many processes, scalability, flexibility, etc.
Performance is important, but security is more important. Bigtech (and small tech too) has been hit by cyber attacks, with attacks in Russia increasing fourfold in 2023 (q/q). Virtualization helps protect infrastructure vulnerabilities, especially when working with remote employees and environments.
Small and micro businesses rarely need virtualization; most often, several dedicated servers cover all needs. But it will find its application here too — after all, you don’t have to pay for several hardware servers, but use virtual ones, which, due to their density, will allow you to save both on the hardware itself and on banal electricity. But for medium-large businesses, this is a question of competitiveness. It will be hard for you to survive in a market where all competitors have successfully implemented virtualization, and you still haven’t had time.
Today I want to delve a little deeper into the situation: look at import substitution; analyze different types of virtualization: servers, desktops, storage and networks; study the problems and limitations for large businesses; take a peek into the future of this technology.
But first things first.
Important! This article is intended for people familiar with virtualization. Beginners may not understand some terms, but I will explain and leave links to the most difficult ones (the articles I recommended above will also help).
Well, let's start this longread. Coffee and tea won't be superfluous.
Virtualization, Present and Future: What IT Specialists and Decision Makers Need to Know
Right off the bat, virtualization is the wordpress web design agency present and future of businesses of various scales and areas: information technology, telecommunications, retail, corporate and banking sectors, financing, servicing and insurance (BFSI / banking, financing, servicing, insurance) and other HoReCa . It is used literally everywhere.
Researchers from Research and Markets estimated the virtualization software market at $57.3 billion in 2022. According to forecasts, by 2028 this amount will increase by 3.3 times, the market will reach $190 billion.
The trend is obvious, if we break it down into points, we get the following:
Organizations are migrating to the cloud. Various IaaS , PaaS and SaaS models from cloud providers allow you to fully or partially transfer your local IT infrastructure to the cloud. This saves resources (material and immaterial, especially OPEX ), increases flexibility (no binding to hardware, software and location), increases productivity (performance can be instantly scaled on demand) and much more. And under the hood of any cloud lives virtualization.
Efficient use of resources and convenient administration. If an organization cannot or does not want to move to the cloud (in whole or in part), then virtualization in the local IT infrastructure helps to increase productivity and reduce costs. Convenient administration, fast recovery after failures, backup, automation of many processes, scalability, flexibility, etc.
Performance is important, but security is more important. Bigtech (and small tech too) has been hit by cyber attacks, with attacks in Russia increasing fourfold in 2023 (q/q). Virtualization helps protect infrastructure vulnerabilities, especially when working with remote employees and environments.
Small and micro businesses rarely need virtualization; most often, several dedicated servers cover all needs. But it will find its application here too — after all, you don’t have to pay for several hardware servers, but use virtual ones, which, due to their density, will allow you to save both on the hardware itself and on banal electricity. But for medium-large businesses, this is a question of competitiveness. It will be hard for you to survive in a market where all competitors have successfully implemented virtualization, and you still haven’t had time.