Virtualization has had a significant impact on the modern data center and is also recognized as an important factor in the improvement of increased efficiency. Today’s institutions are facing pressure to consolidate their data centers while also increasing business dexterity. As the business environment continues to shift, there is a demand for advanced innovative standards from businesses.
The combination of rising energy costs, a higher demand for computing resources, economic pressure and environmental concerns are all promoting this growth. Cloud computing has many advantages in promoting efficiency. However, in order to gain the ultimate benefits that virtualization has to offer other components of the data center infrastructure will need to be optimized as well. If this is done correctly the consolidation of applications with cloud computing presents a strong opportunity for optimizing energy consumption.