Research Brief: 2011 Virtualization Software Spending Trends

According to ESG’s 2011 IT Spending Intentions Survey, more than 60% of midmarket and enterprise organizations surveyed will increase their spending on virtualization software in 2011. Spending will vary by company size, number of production servers deployed, vertical industry, and organizational profile. In terms of how these funds are likely to be allocated, the top 2011 server virtualization initiatives provide insight into how organizations will look to expand their usage of server virtualization in order to maximize their investments.