Forrester predicts 2/3 of enterprises will adopt virtualization by 2009

Quoting from Network World:

The Forrester report — “x86 virtualization adopters hit the tipping point” — was released Friday and is based on a survey of 275 enterprise server decision-makers.

Previous Forrester research actually showed higher adoption of server virtualization, with 50% of IT shops using the technology in production and pilots in 2006.

The latest report finds that 37% of IT departments have virtualized servers already, and another 13% plan to do so by July 2008. An additional 15% think they will virtualize x86 servers by 2009…

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