In too many cases, IT is on a mission to virtualize everything, or have a “virtualize first” policy.

But the operational cost hurdle is not lost on the virtualization marketplace, particularly in data protection. Instead of using the same solution across physical and virtual servers, IT ends up having to buy new applications to support newly virtualized resources.

This white paper provides insight and recommendations on how you can lower data protection-related operational expenses so that virtualization maturity efforts can continue at the speed you want them to. Topics include: 

• The intersection of virtualization and data protection
• Key technologies to consider, including dedupe, snapshots, and cloud
• Is change always necessary?
• And more