SearchServerVirtualization's Alex Barrett wrote an article yesterday that talks about some of the hidden costs of virtualizing your datacenter with VMware - hidden costs that you will not find with Virtual Iron. You can read the full article here but the main points are:

- A cost analysis by an IT firm "calculated a savings of 15% [with VMware ESX] -- hardly a jaw-dropping figure." We recognize that everybody has different needs and encourage you to run your own cost analysis. Had Virtual Iron been used in the cost analysis - at just 1/5 the cost of VMware - the savings would be much higher.

- The same IT firm identified what they called "anti-savings" (what a great, descriptive term). That is, there are items that look like savings on the surface but other costs negate those savings. Again, with Virtual Iron, you won't have those problems. See our pledge: http://www.virtualiron.com/fusetalk/blog/blogpost.cfm?threadid=151&catid=22

- The license for ESX is identified as the biggest line item cost. I'd agree.

- John Humphreys (from IDC, who co-hosted a recent webcast with us) notes that savings vary wildly based on what people are utilizing virtualization for. Again, run your own cost analysis.

For the full article, click here. To learn more about Virtual Iron, click here.