Carroll, MKotzé, Paulavan der Merwe, A2010-08-262010-08-262010-06Carroll, M, Kotzé, P and van der Merwe, A. 2010. Going virtual: popular trend or real prospect for enterprise information systems. 12th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, 8- 12 June 2010, pp 214-222http://hdl.handle.net/10204/421612th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, 8- 12 June 2010Organisations are faced with a number of challenges and issues in decentralised, multiple-server, physical, non-virtualized IT environments. Virtualization in recent years has had a significant impact on computing environments and has introduced benefits, including server consolidation, server and hardware utilization and reduced costs. Virtualization’s popularity has led to its growth in many IT environments. This paper provides an overview of the IT challenges in non-virtualized environments and addresses the question of whether virtualization provides the solution to these IT challenges.enVirtualizationIT challengesEnterprise information systemsIT solutionsConference PresentationCarroll, M., Kotzé, P., & van der Merwe, A. (2010). Going virtual: popular trend or real prospect for enterprise information systems. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4216Carroll, M, Paula Kotzé, and A van der Merwe. "Going virtual: popular trend or real prospect for enterprise information systems." (2010): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4216Carroll M, Kotzé P, van der Merwe A, Going virtual: popular trend or real prospect for enterprise information systems; 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4216 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Carroll, M AU - Kotzé, Paula AU - van der Merwe, A AB - Organisations are faced with a number of challenges and issues in decentralised, multiple-server, physical, non-virtualized IT environments. Virtualization in recent years has had a significant impact on computing environments and has introduced benefits, including server consolidation, server and hardware utilization and reduced costs. Virtualization’s popularity has led to its growth in many IT environments. This paper provides an overview of the IT challenges in non-virtualized environments and addresses the question of whether virtualization provides the solution to these IT challenges. DA - 2010-06 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Virtualization KW - IT challenges KW - Enterprise information systems KW - IT solutions LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2010 T1 - Going virtual: popular trend or real prospect for enterprise information systems TI - Going virtual: popular trend or real prospect for enterprise information systems UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4216 ER -