Malaysia enterprises are gearing up to start the rollout of virtualized IT infrastructure in 2015 with more than half of businesses (57%) expected to virtualize the majority (60-90%) of their infrastructure by 2016, according to a latest survey by VMware. The survey was conducted among 1,168 business and IT managers and decision makers from September to October 2014. Respondents shared their perspectives on IT priorities in 2015, and the role of virtualization and software-defined data centers in Malaysia. The survey also indicates that businesses in the highly virtualized category are expected to more than double from 15 to 31 percent in the next two years.
VMware, the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure said in its statement that its new solutions which include the latest software-defined data center, cloud management and end-user computing will help Malaysian businesses in their initiatives to move towards virtualization as they transition into the mobile cloud era.
Malaysia businesses outline disaster recovery, enterprise cost reduction, and security as key IT priorities for 2015, and said that they will be leveraging on virtualization technology for the implementation of software-defined data centers to improve operational efficiency and optimize resource utilization. In the quest for productivity amongst businesses, organizations in Malaysia that can rapidly provision new services in a secure and highly available environment, while scaling dynamically as the business grows in a cost-effective manner, will in turn be able to succeed in this new era, said VMware.
In conjuction with VMware's Solutions Symposium Malaysia event, the company showcased its latest VMware technologies and solutions, including Software-Defined Data Center, Hyper-Converged Infrastructure via VMware EVO: RAIL™, Network Virtualization via VMware NSX™, Software-Defined Storage via VMware Virtual SAN™ and Open Cloud Technology via VMware Integrated OpenStack™.
Roger Ling, Associate Research Director, ASEAN Software & Services, IDC Malaysia
Being able to better harness the value within the datacenter will become a critical business differentiator more than ever before. The IDC Datacenter Economies Index clearly articulates how much value – US$1.36B worth of cost savings – has been driven into the markets through server virtualization. What organizations need to focus on is how these technologies can deliver greater business value. Simply being able to virtualize some servers has a limited value, but when combined with a highly automated infrastructure, IT departments can deliver a degree of IT agility that the business has been demanding.
Laurence Si, country manager, VMware Malaysia and Brunei
Aligned with the recent 2015 Budget initiatives to create a Capital Economy that is people-oriented, IT can play a pivotal role in enabling Malaysian businesses to be more agile and efficient. Given the strong push for businesses in Malaysia to boost productivity on the back of pressures from high costs, deploying technologies supported by the software-defined data center (SDDC) will not only enhance resource efficiencies and cost savings but also enable businesses to leverage these technologies to automate processes and enable business growth. The SDDC will help save Malaysian companies more than $1.36 billion from 2003 to 2020 and we want to enable IT to be more than just a cost center to the business and become partners to help accelerate business growth in today’s changing world.
