Analysts say server virtualization trend is NOT unstoppable.

Server virtualization feels unstoppable these days. The worldwide market for virtualization platform software grew 69% last year to $1.1 billion, according to market research firm IDC, which predicts average annual growth of 27% through 2011, when global sales are expected to total $3.5 billion.

According to analysts several factors could possibly halt existing virtualization trend and industry growth. Although applications generally will run on virtual servers, scalability and management problems persist. Licensing and support issues as just the 2 of them.

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