Will Linux take the lead in server virtualization?
For server vendors such as Dell, Linux is a good thing because it lowers acquisition costs for customers. It's easier for a customer to commit to deploying a new server when software license fees are removed from the equation.
You might assume, then, that virtualization is a bad thing for server vendors. A customer might be less likely to buy new hardware when the alternative is to load up VMware with an additional, virtual instance of the OS and applications.
But that's not necessarily so, says Paul Gottsegen, vice president of worldwide enterprise marketing at Dell. At a meeting at Dell's Round Rock, Texas, headquarters last week, Gottsegen explained that the advantage of virtualization is that it drives up utilization on individual machines, thus increasing the total return on those investments. Continued high utilization makes it easier for CTOs to justify past expenditures and to make the case for increased technology investment in the future.
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