VMware published a very interesting paper about steps CIOs should take to gradually implement virtualization technologies in the company, from the pilot program to the adoption in production environment:
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We cover organizational charter, stakeholder buy-in strategies to ease the common non-technical resistance that can affect virtualization rollouts. We also highlight key areas of IT infrastructure and operations most impacted by virtualization.We include some actionable next steps and templates for how to build an effective virtualization support team, assess readiness of your organization to adopt virtualization, and scope initial projects to help ensure success and develop your organization’s capabilities for broader virtualization deployment…
Read the whole paper at source.