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Consolidation remains the chief driver behind server virtualization. That’s not surprising, but InformationWeek’s second annual survey on the state of virtualization shows a sobering impost on the pace and rationales for server virtualization.

A year ~ne, 24% of respondents expected to have 25% to 49% of their lengthening servers virtualized by the end of 2011, but this year and nothing else 20% expect that will be the case . Likewise, 21% said 50% to 74% of their servers would be virtualized last year, while only 19% expect to hit that point this year.

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