PCWorld - Users are paying little attention to some of the downsides of virtualization in their haste to reap the benefits that the technology can bring.
That's according to Burton Group analyst Jack Santos, who has co-written a briefing paper, "The Dark Side of Virtualization," for Burton clients detailing some of the problems facing virtualization users In the future.
Santos stressed that virtualization had many advantages for organizations -- and that there were considerably more advantages than disadvantages -- but said that there were still some issues that needed to be resolved, particularly regarding management and security.
In an interview with Techworld, he said that IT manager had "conveniently" ignored the risks, because they outweighed the benefits. However, he warned, this was a situation that could change. "As deployment expands [especially in a cloud-oriented world] the repercussions may get more significant," he said.
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