Don't let sprawl spoil the server virtualisation party

Content

• Executive summary
• The Ovum view
• The problem
• An old enemy has mutated
• Flexibility is fabulous, but can tie you in knots
• The risk is real
• The wages of sin and sprawl
• The biggest risk is in large production projects
• Is my business suffering from this problem?
• The solution
• The issue is a lack of management, not sprawl itself
• Basic steps for saving your shop
• Reorganise to survive
• 'Tiger teams' versus the entire IT department
• Population control is unavoidable
• Charge it and control consumption
• Reclamation is a never-ending job
• Lock up template repositories and archives
• Shutter and group servers for a safer shop