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Number of the Week: Twice as Many Virtual Machines as Physical Servers by 2014
Published Jun 26, 2012
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IDC, together with Kaspersky Lab, analyzed the global virtualization market to identify the main trends and characteristics related to protecting virtual environments and provided a market forecast until the year 2014. The information suggests that virtualization is currently in use on most new servers, and in two years the number of virtual machines will reach 18 million – that’s twice the number of physical devices. Moreover, it is expected that by 2013 two thirds of all corporate services and applications will work in a virtual environment.
Experts believe such rapid evolution is driven primarily by the advantages of the technology. 75% of the companies that already use virtualization recognize it as truly valuable and are making virtualization a priority in the development of their IT infrastructure.
According to IDC, despite widespread virtualization, protection for virtual environments is lagging behind. “Virtualization benefits can overshadow security concerns,” commented Timur Faroukshin, IDC Consulting Director in Russia and CIS. “In addition, specialized solutions are new, and many customers aren't aware that a new approach is available, or what the shortcomings are of their imported legacy security solutions.”
“IDC’s analysis has fully confirmed the conclusions Kaspersky Lab made during its own survey of the GCC virtualization market,” added Vladimir Udalov, Senior Corporate Product Marketing Manager at Kaspersky Lab. “Although 61% of the companies surveyed have already implemented or are planning to implement virtualization, only 7% of IT specialists have extensive and advanced experience to fully understand all the security risks in this area and to choose the right approach to protecting virtual environments. Moreover, 43% of specialists surveyed mistakenly believe that IT security risks are much lower in the virtual environment than in the physical one.”
Kaspersky Security for Virtualization (KSV) is an agentless anti-malware solution that provides a more efficient way to protect your virtualized infrastructure – with greater performance and less impact on virtualization density. The application is easy to deploy and includes advanced management features that simplify a wide range of security tasks – across both physical and virtual computing assets.
About Kaspersky Lab
Kaspersky Lab is the largest antivirus company in Europe. It delivers some of the world’s most immediate protection against IT security threats, including viruses, spyware, crimeware, hackers, phishing, and spam. The company is ranked among the world’s top four vendors of security solutions for endpoint users. Kaspersky Lab products provide superior detection rates and one of the industry’s fastest outbreak response times for home users, SMBs, large enterprises and the mobile computing environment. Kaspersky® technology is also used worldwide inside the products and services of the industry’s leading IT security solution providers. Learn more at www.kaspersky.com. For the latest on antivirus, anti-spyware, anti-spam and other IT security issues and trends, visit www.securelist.com.
About IDC
International Data Corporation (IDC) is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the information technology, telecommunications and consumer technology markets. IDC helps IT professionals, business executives and the investment communities make fact-based decisions on technology purchases and business strategy. More than 1000 IDC analysts provide global, regional, and local expertise on technology and industry opportunities and trends in over 110 countries worldwide. For more than 48 years, IDC has provided strategic insights to help our clients achieve their key business objectives. IDC is a subsidiary of IDG, the world's leading technology media, research, and events company. www.idc.com
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VMD - [Virtual Marketing Department]
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