Virtualization jamboree in Mumbai

MUMBAI, INDIA: Global Virtualization biggie VMware hosted the first ever Virtualization Forum in India, aimed at evangelizing upcoming virtualization technologies. 

This involves stretching the scale of VMware's expertise a step further from server virtualization to what it calls 'client virtualization', which can enable enterprises – big and small – to allow users the liberty of using their own laptops and personal computers, while recreating their business environments as and when necessary.

The flagship offering of VMware to enable enterprises realize the power of cloud computing, vCloud which goes hand in hand with the Virtual Datacenter Operating System – VD-OS was well received by the attendees that included virtualization experts and analysts, especially to counter the current economic scenario.

"Given today's economic conditions, companies are telling us that virtualization continues to be a top priority as they seek IT solutions that deliver significant business results quickly,” said Raghu Raghuram, vice president, product and solutions marketing, VMware.

“Customers across key industries are achieving clear business benefits, including cost savings from consolidating more servers, reducing power and cooling requirements and Green IT, and at the same time, they gain new capabilities for their systems to run their business, including enhanced security, business continuity, disaster recovery, and high availability,” he added.

Explaining this in the Indian context, Ganesh Mahabala, regional director, India and SAARC, told Cybermedia, "Specifically with reference to small and mid sized companies in India, there are two unique challenges. One, the percentage of companies that have legacy hardware, and are unwilling to let go of it is quite high, and two, making companies release ROIs for virtualization as a technology.

“But VMware's efforts are focused on making these companies understand that it makes a lot of sense them to concentrate their core business and leave the IT to technologies like virtualization.”

VMware has in India today more than 550 customers and more than 230 partners to support its business expansion across the country, and its customers in India include Atrenta India, BPCL, Chitale Dairy, i2 Technologies, Macawber Beekay and Religare.

VMware solutions are today deployed across businesses of every size and all major industry sectors, and in an attempt to gain momentum in the Indian market as customers increasingly opt for VMware hopes that can become an industry-leading, innovative and comprehensive virtualization platform over other vendor offerings.