Figures published by market research consultancy IDC showed 18.2 per cent of new servers shipped during the last quarter of 2009 included virtualised technology.
The report also pointed out that this has increased from the 15.2 per cent which was recorded in the fourth quarter of 2008.
However, the study found that worldwide revenue for virtualisation software for all CPU types dropped by ten per cent in 2009's last quarter when compared to the year before, as a result of the competitive marketplace and the economic crisis.
Matt Eastwood, group vice president of enterprise platforms at the research group, commented: 'IDC sees virtualisation as a critical evolutionary step in the journey to the private cloud. Customers are quickly moving beyond the core hypervisor and focusing on mobility, self-provisioning and metering and chargeback capabilities.'
Last week, IDC highlighted that recovery has been seen in the European, the Middle Eastern and African virtualisation market.
The report also pointed out that this has increased from the 15.2 per cent which was recorded in the fourth quarter of 2008.
However, the study found that worldwide revenue for virtualisation software for all CPU types dropped by ten per cent in 2009's last quarter when compared to the year before, as a result of the competitive marketplace and the economic crisis.
Matt Eastwood, group vice president of enterprise platforms at the research group, commented: 'IDC sees virtualisation as a critical evolutionary step in the journey to the private cloud. Customers are quickly moving beyond the core hypervisor and focusing on mobility, self-provisioning and metering and chargeback capabilities.'
Last week, IDC highlighted that recovery has been seen in the European, the Middle Eastern and African virtualisation market.
