Originating Author: David Floyer
ISV support for thin provisioning and virtualization will evolve rapidly over the next few years, as it is a win-win proposition for both supplier and customer. Thin provisioning reduces the overall cost of hardware for the solution and allows faster expansion of usage of the application; both increase the ROI and revenue potential of the ISV product. In practice there is usually very little if any change to be made to the product or documentation. Support for key components of ISV products such as Oracle is well advanced.
Action Item: IT management needs to aggressively insist that ISVs support virtualization and thin provisioning by refusing to sign contracts that do not commit to rapid support.
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