Overview 1
Catalyst 1
Summary 1
Key Messages 2
Tightened IT spend renews banks' interest in projects designed to reduce TCO 2
The virtualization market has grown more competitive, driving innovation and keener pricing 2
Opportunities for management capabilities grow as VM sprawl proliferates 2
Hardware cost savings come from virtualization ratios, which will tend to increase over time 2
There is also the potential for a reduction in software licensing costs 2
Centralization of servers promotes greater control for the IT department 2
Table of Contents 3
Table of figures 4
MARKET OPPORTUNITY 5
Tightened IT spend renews banks' interest in projects designed to reduce TCO 5
Banks are investing in infrastructure, simplification and cost reduction 5
Virtualization offerings have grown more robust, enabling the technology to extend its target applications 8
The market has grown more competitive, driving innovation and keener pricing 9
There is interest in desktop virtualization for the trading floor 9
MACs are expensive on the trading floor - firstly, there is the• cost of moves, adds and changes to the individual user's infrastructure, should they change desks or move to another floor in the building, for instance. 9
Power constraints are another issue in trading environments -• then there is the sheer power that each trader's infrastructure requires, particularly in areas such as London's Canary Wharf, where the imminence of the 2012 Olympics means that the local electricity provider has told banks there will be no further power available until the end of that event. 9
Space and heat generation are also problems - finally, there are• the issues of the space available for so much hardware per trader and the heat that multiple machines per desk generate, making trading floors physically challenging environments to work in, quite apart from the nature of the work carried out there. 9
Opportunities for management capabilities grow as VM sprawl proliferates 10
Technology Evolution 11
VMware got the ball rolling in server virtualization on X86 12
VMware also led the way on desktop virtualization 13
Client virtualization promises ""offline VDI"" 13
The hypervisor market has also become more competitive 14
Customer Impact: Server virtualization 15
Hardware cost savings come from virtualization ratios, which will tend to increase over time 15
There is also the potential for a reduction in software licensing costs 15
Centralization of servers promotes greater control for the IT department 16
Some banks envisage self-service server provisioning for test and development 16
Some banks even want to buy test and development server capacity from the cloud 16
Customer Impact: DESKTOP VIRtualization 17
The hardware options increase with desktop virtualization 17
There is, however, a penalty in terms of server, storage and network infrastructure 17
The real savings from desktop virtualization are in support and maintenance 17
There is also a security gain from desktop virtualization 18
Competitive Landscape 19
Hypervisor vendors 19
Server hardware vendors 25
Silicon vendors 27
Management vendors 28
Thin client infrastructure vendors 31
Go to Market 35
Not all banks are created equal, so server virtualization opportunities will differ 35
Retail banks run core systems on mainframes, proprietary Unix or System i 35
Investment banks have less of a mainframe legacy 36
The potential for desktop virtualization spans retail and investment banking environments 36
Recommendations 36
Hypervisor vendors need to price aggressively 36
Vendors should stress their virtual management capabilities 36
SIs should offer services in the area of testing homegrown banking applications 37
APPENDIX 38
Definitions 38
Virtualization 38
Hypervisor 38
Methodology 38
Further reading 38
Ask the analyst 39
Datamonitor consulting 39
Disclaimer 39
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