Source: VMBlog
A survey of 257 of the UK’s top IT managers has shown that virtualisation and data security are top areas of focus for end 2010 and throughout 2011. The survey was carried out by IP EXPO 2010, Europe’s largest end-to-end IT infrastructure event. Of the professionals surveyed, 88% rated data security as a key objective and spending priority for the coming year. This was closely followed by virtualisation which was identified as a priority among 85.8% of respondents.
The survey demonstrates the strength of the IT managers’ desire to adopt virtualisation but also their reservations about the security of the technology and its ability to protect the sensitive data their companies hold. 57% of professionals surveyed believe that the roll-out of virtualisation & cloud based technologies will need to wait until security guarantees can be demonstrated.
However this should not be seen as bad news for providers of virtualisation solutions. Only 3% of respondents believe that security issues will entirely stop their business from adopting virtualisation. 80% of respondents believe that virtualisation will require a revision of enterprise security tools and procedures but 81% believe that as a result virtualisation could in fact offer the opportunity to improve their business’s overall data security.
Adam Malik, Content Director for Imago Techmedia commented “The data security issues surrounding virtualisation are something the entire IT industry is coming together to address. The priority is to make sure that this ground breaking technology can meet the needs of companies of all sizes as well as some of the UK’s highest risk legal and financial companies.”
About the Research
The survey was completed by 257 of IP EXPO’s top attendees. These include key players and decision makers in management, IT strategy, implementation and infrastructures.
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