The Role of Network Management Systems in Virtualized Environments

The lack of visibility across the IT service delivery chain is one of the key challenges for managing IT performance in virtualized environments. As a result, organizations are increasingly realizing that ensuring optimal performance of their networks becomes even more important once they have virtualized their infrastructure. Furthermore, managing network performance in virtualized environments requires network management systems (NMS) to be enhanced with a new set of capabilities so they can address key challenges of virtualization management.

This report from TRAC Research analyzes the impact of virtualization technologies on network management and examines capabilities that are becoming increasingly important in virtual environments.