Virtualisation technology confusing some SMEs
Tue, 13 Oct 2009
Many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are mistaken in their understanding of virtualisation technology, it has been claimed.
According to IT support service company Managed Networks, their concept of what virtualisation is means they commonly mistake hosted IT for it.
The IT firm said that, despite virtualisation being a current tech sector buzzword, the actual idea is causing mass confusion, with most definitions describing hosted solutions.
Nigel Davey, business development manager at Managed Networks, said many SMEs perceive virtualisation as their server infrastructure being outsourced.
"Because it is somewhere else, they perceive it as a virtual server or virtual server infrastructure even though, in reality, it is actually hosted," explained Mr Davey.
He added that the situation is further confused when "suppliers that provide hosting services actually use virtualisation technology to provide those hosting services".
Mr Davey added: "My personal opinion is that the confusion is only at an SME level because it depends on what they are looking to achieve and then they are not quite sure where to go."
According to Managed Networks, virtualisation sees a physical server do more work and utilise more of the machine's processing capability, therefore getting an increased capacity out of less hardware.
Under a hosted services model, SMEs lease an entire server to run applications on.
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