The size and complexity of database environments is pushing IT resources at most organizations to the limit. This reduces agility and increases costs and challenges associated with maintaining the performance and availability of these on demand services. To address these concerns, many IT departments are looking for ways to automate routine tasks and consolidate databases.
Joe McKendrick, lead research analyst at Unisphere Media; Don Sullivan, product line marketing manager for business critical applications and databases at VMware; and Sam Lucido, director of technical applications and marketing at EMC Corp., recently discussed the use of virtualization in the cloud to help solve these issues in a recent DBTA roundtable webinar.
