VMware has yet again come out with a new platform, meaning that you may find yourself upgrading pretty soon. If you work within a virtualized environment, you have probably gotten used to vendor changes, system changes, and cost changes. All of these changes seem to happen every year, and yet if you don’t follow the industry trend, you may be left behind?
Case studies of a branch of the University of Texas in the United States and a Toyota division in Africa represent different types of organizations and geographical locations. Both demonstrate the advantages of transitioning from VMware to a solution from one of the world’s strongest technology names: Microsoft Hyper-V.
Being in IT, “buzz words” are always being thrown around about the newest and coolest technology. Virtualization used to be one of these cool new topics. It was common to hear, but who really knew what to do with it or how to use virtualization?
With these responsibilities; dealing with the daily challenges and still finding new ways to stay agile in today’s economy, many times IT departments spend too much time on the daily upkeep and not enough time dealing with bigger picture items.
