This IDC study focuses on the adoption, investment plans, considerations, as well as concerns regarding server virtualization within datacenters in Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) or APEJ.

"Server virtualization is only one portion of a much larger virtualization canvas that can be classified as key enablers for various emerging technologies that gain momentum in APEJ," says Adren Lim, market analyst, Software Research, IDC Asia/Pacific. "Service-oriented architecture (SOA), software as a service (SaaS), and Green IT are a few examples where virtualization act as an underlying component that can propel adoption of these technologies and vice versa."