Are VMware shops ready to move from vSphere ESX to ESXi?
| Make sure to keep up with all the latest virtualization news with InfoWorld’s virtualization newsletter. ] Symantec ApplicationHA Symantec’s latest offering is directed at “the last mile” problem with virtualizing applications. This is very similar to what others have been calling VM stall, where virtualization customers are hitting a glass ceiling around the 30 percent mark of being totally virtualized in the data center. These organizations have typically completed virtualizing the “low-hanging fruit” or non-mission-critical applications such as Web, print, and file servers, but then hit a brick wall when it comes to virtualizing mission-critical applications because of trust issues or a general lack of confidence, usually from the business unit or the application owner. According to an October 2009 IDC study, 51 percent of respondents said ensuring application availability was a key challenge in managing virtualized servers. This has been attributed to the fact that customers are
