[infographic] virtualization and mobility: why companies shouldn’t ignore these trends
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According to recent research, the number of mobile workers is set to reach 1.3 billion by 2015. This number means that the mobility trend is something that can no longer be denied. If companies want to attract and retain talent, they are going to have to empower their employees to work from wherever they are. One way for companies to better manage their mobile, desktop and room-based video collaboration environment is through the use of virtualized technology. This infographic outlines some of the benefits of virtualization. Looking for a video conferencing solution that can be deployed in a virtualized server environment? Talk to us: http://www.lifesize.com/social/demoTRANSCRIPT
71% say it increased efficiency
77% say it improved resource utilization
74% of virtualization users say it reduced infrastructure costs
60% of IT pros say virtualization allowed for faster provisioning
SOLVED BY
TOO MANY ONSITE SERVERS
VIRTUALIZATION
Half of all companies have virtualized 1/3 or more of their environment
Onsite Servers are Costly and Consume Resources
3% use private virtualization
15% use hybrid private / public
The Sony PlayStation Network breach in 2011 cost Sony up to US$171 million in damages
Sending workers to attend training & conferences is costly
Average cost to attend conference: $277 per day per person
Video conferencing accomplishes the same goals cheaper & faster
Initial setup as low as $600, reuse it again and again
Through 2016, the financial impact of cybercrime will grow 10 percent per year due to the continuing discovery of new
vulnerabilities
The average total cost per company that
reported a data breach in 2012 was over $5.4m
Data centers offer multi-level security including protection
from app hackers and infrastructure hacking
Onsite servers take teams of IT pros
monitoring multiple frameworks around
the clock
Onsite servers mean constant infrastructure repairs and
maintenance
Virtualization allows IT to focus on business-specific tasks like improving workflow
80% of virtual environments are growing by 10-50 VMS per year
Virtualization allows the monitoring of all IT processes in a single framework and seamless automation
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SECURITY BREACHES
39% use public virtualization
53% plan on upgrading infrastructure to add
videoconference capacity
51% of companies plan on expanding use of desktop
videoconferencing
Videoconferencing speeds performance
by 66%
Videoconferencing reduces TCO by
50%
Outages can cost $11,000 per minute
Virtualization reduces
downtime by 64% Virtualization
improves continuity by
70%
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65% say it reduced software licensing
costs
45% of companies are challenged by the cost of buying
infrastructure
31% of companies are challenged by deployment and
integration
Virtualization improves disaster recovery by 70%
Allows for 65% faster deployment
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