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ScienceLogic Reveals Government IT Desire Effective Virtualization Solutions

Published: April 18, 2007

113 government agency IT administrators and directors were surveyed to determine the changing needs of agency IT operations.

Virtualization and IPv6 proved to be the “hot button” topics in a FOSE 2007 survey conducted by ScienceLogic, a provider of IT management solutions. Over the course of the trade show, 113 government agency IT administrators and directors were surveyed to determine the changing needs of agency IT operations. 

One of the biggest trends was the IT department’s desire for effective virtualization solutions. Over 90% of the survey respondents indicated that virtualization management was extremely important for their IT operations, with over 70% planning on a solution implementation within the next year. 

“Server virtualization is a critical tool for government agencies to consolidate hardware assets and cut costs,” said David Link, CEO and Founder of ScienceLogic. “But agencies need to keep in mind that virtualization actually increases the strain on systems and hardware by running close to full capacity and requires a powerful and reliable management solution to provide detailed metrics on both physical and virtual server performance and availability.”