"In the past year, many system integrators, especially multinational vendors, have doubled the number of people in their virtualization practice or are investing in building the services capabilities of their partners."
When deploying virtualization late last year, Wingham IT services manager, Chad Larka, said his biggest challenge was sourcing skilled staff.
"This may be one contributor to the high services spend; organizations having to invest in skills and support provided by vendors and system integrators," he said.
"It is always best to take a piecemeal approach to deploying a new technology, not a big bang approach. This can make all the diffference."