The IT spending strategies of corporations are favouring virtualisation in response to the economic downturn, it has been revealed.
A Harris Interactive survey commissioned by Microsoft surveyed 1,200 IT professionals in the US, the UK, Germany and Japan and found 55 per cent have changed the role of IT in their organisation.
According to the software giant, two-thirds of companies are planning to purchase virtualisation, security, systems management or cloud computing facilities.
Bob Kelly, Microsoft's corporate vice president of infrastructure server marketing, commented: "There is an increased focus on things like virtualisation as a way to create not only cost reduction but actually modernise their IT. This is again an example where cost reduction can actually be real innovation."
This week, specialist recruitment company Hays Information Technology claimed that virtualisation and cloud computing are pivotal strategies for any company looking to lower power consumption and maintenance costs in the current economic climate.