Virtualization services market to reach $11.7 billion by 2011

As virtualization goes mainstream and becomes an integral part of the IT infrastructure, there are increasing opportunities for IT services to help customers implement and support this expanding technology. According to recent research from IDC, the virtualization services market will grow from $5.5 billion in 2006 to $11.7 billion in 2011, as data center managers struggle to address power and cooling issues and the need for increased capacity.

"Currently, the majority of the services opportunity lies in supporting customers' initial implementations of virtualization," said IDC's Matt Healey, senior research analyst, Software and Hardware Support Services. "However, over the next several years, IT consulting and systems integration will begin to become the dominant opportunity as the technology becomes much more mainstream."

As the technology matures, the demand for IT consulting and systems integration accelerates. IT consulting will eventually assist customers in determining how virtualization fits into the overall IT portfolio and its impact on the business.

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•Date: 12th July 2007• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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