Virtualization Ventures

I recently participated in Dow Jones VentureOne Summit.  I sat on a panel that discussed virtualization trends.  The room was full of venture capitalists who asked some very good questions.  However, I spent some of my time trying to refute many of the myths around 'virtualization'.  Luckily, I had my ESG virtualization research with me so I could support my opinions with real data.  This is a quick list, but here are the worst myths out there. 

• No one has deployed server virtualization in production environments.
• Microsoft will not have an impact on the server virtualization market for another 18 months.
• Desktop virtualization is not ready for enterprise customers
• Non U.S. markets are really slow to adopt virtualization solutions.
• There is no innovation left for hypervisor vendors.  It is all going to be management.

I could spend time refuting these as I did during the panel, or you could read our research or set up a discussion with us.  There is no reason why these thoughts should continue to permeate the market.