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Identifying critical factors for corporate implementing virtualization technology

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Chung-Chiang Hu,

Yung-Chen ChiuAuthors Info & Claims

Computers in Human Behavior, Volume 28, Issue 6

Pages 2244 - 2257

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2012.06.032

Published: 01 November 2012 Publication History

Abstract

Virtualization technology has attracted great attention with its advantages of multiple platform operation and resultant cost and power reduction. This study investigated the key factors for corporations to implement virtualization information environment from the viewpoint of IT staffs. Through purposeful sampling, 400 effective questionnaires were collected from IT personnel currently working in the virtualization-related fields. From key factor analysis, seven influential factors were identified for corporations to implement virtualization. These seven factors include: (1) system quality, (2) information quality, (3) simplified management and maintenance, (4) integration of resources, (5) cost reduction, (6) ease of deployment, test and development, and (7) organizational consensus. Based on the obtained findings, suggestions for corporations and to IT system integrators were provided to the implementation of virtualization information environment. The scales developed in this study provide useful measures to study common factors of the implementation of virtualization information technology.

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Choi CJeong HPark JJang HJeong Y(2016)Relative weight comparison between virtual key factors of cloud computing with analytic network processThe Journal of Supercomputing10.1007/s11227-014-1311-x72:5(1694-1714)Online publication date: 1-May-2016
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/s11227-014-1311-x
Hidayanto ALimupa AJunus KBudi N(2015)Investigating knowledge sharing behaviour on virtual community membersInternational Journal of Business Information Systems10.1504/IJBIS.2015.06943019:2(180-204)Online publication date: 1-May-2015
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