Government Slideshow:
Virtualized Bureaucracy

• 1. Almost three-fourths of federal IT managers believe that virtualization is integral to improved efficiency in IT operations and reduced costs...
  ...but just one-fifth report that their agencies are using virtualization to its fullest extent.
• 2. Approximately 79% of those surveyed reported that their agency has started implementation of any sort of virtualization.
• 3. Top benefits of virtualization cited by survey respondents included:
  - reduced capital and operating costs
  - improved continuity of operations
  - improved network security
  - better utilization and capacity management
• 4. Close to 60% of those surveyed reported implementing server virtualization.
• 5. Just over 50% say they’ve started using storage virtualization.
• 6. Just under half of federal IT managers have adopted client virtualization.
• 7. Of those who have started to virtualize infrastructure, just half of them say their implementations have succeeded.
• 8. Federal IT managers cited the following as obstacles to virtualization success:
  - poor education of IT staff on virtualization staff (42%)
  - budget difficulties (41%)
  - staff training on virtualization management (39%)
• 9. Approximately 67% of agencies who reported that their IT department was staffed and trained to migrate to and manage a virtualization environment had successful implementations.
• 10. 22% of agencies with training deficiencies experienced successful implementations.
• 11. About 62% of IT managers who rated their CIO with an A or B for virtualization proficiency reported successful implementations.
• 12. 34% of those who rated their CIOs with C, D, or F grades successfully implemented virtualization.