What followed the virtualization of servers was virtualization of other parts of the infrastructure stack, such as storage and networking.

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These advantages have attracted increasing attention from a wide array of organizations and, accordingly, storage virtualization (part of virtualized infrastructure) has witnessed tremendous growth.

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My specialties include storage technologies applied to Big Data analytics (primary), data management, virtualization, and analysis of storage infrastructure acquisition alternatives.

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Indeed, virtualization, cloud infrastructure, the changing role of data centers, etc.

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We believe, these factors coupled with the fact that NetApp is one of the pioneers in virtualization will help it gain storage market share as more organizations turn to virtualized infrastructure as the preferred way of delivering and running applications going forward.

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When asked about the benefits of virtualization, nearly 80 percent cited savings in power and infrastructure costs.

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Soppier also believes that the adoption of virtualization and cloud computing will reduce the amount of IT infrastructure and services that customers need over the long term.

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