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Results from Computerworld's Windows Server 2008 survey, administered online from May 10 to 27, 2008, show many companies have begun to test and experiment, if only on a small scale, with Microsoft's new virtualization technology, Hyper-V.
The survey methodology: Select subscribers to Computerworld (those with IT management titles) were sent an e-mail solicitation. Select Computerworld newsletter subscribers were invited to take the survey via a link in the newsletters. Respondents identified themselves as IT or IS managers (15%), directors of IT or IS (12%), network administrators (8%), chief technology officers (7%) and other titles.
Numbers for individual survey questions may not add up to 100 due to rounding and/or the ability to select more than one response,
The survey findings:
Does your organization plan to use Hyper-V or third-party products for most virtualization needs on production servers?
VMware 42%
Not using virtualization 31%
Hyper-V 24%
Other third-party products 3%
Base: 253 respondents
Does your organization plan to adopt Windows Server 2008 at some point?
Yes: 63%
No: 22%
Don't know: 15%
Base: 403 respondents
If not, why not? (Select all that apply.)
Benefits not sufficient to warrant adoption 48%
No business need 44%
Cost 42%
Migrating to another server operating system 30%
Too time-consuming 25%
Other 22%
Not a Windows shop 14%
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