"VMware is an expensive stock, but there's also insatiable demand for server virtualizationtechnology, and VMware dominates this market, " Egbert said.
Reducing the number of servers is always a help, and many companies have made great strides in this direction by using virtualizationtechnologyfor server consolidation.
Up until recently, virtualization and container technologyfor mobile has been the purview of private companies such as Good Technology, OpenPeak and Enterproid.
But Cisco's vice president for data center technology, Jayshree Ullal, argues that the benefits of virtualization may produce cost savings fast enough to please stingy IT managers.
And when it comes to implimenting virtualization alongside new developments in storage technology, this is a very important area for EMC and VMware moving forward.