vPivot

[Note from Scott: Before embarking on this topic, I want to make clear that I am advocating no political system. I am using an cold war era economic analogy in support of my growing interest in improving the efficiency of IT. If you have strong opinions on the inherent Good or Evil of the political systems mentioned below, I politely request you air those opinions in a different forum.]

Several years I read an interesting book on the Cold War that documented some of the insane behavior of the superpowers that nearly culminated in the annihilation of mankind.  The book was rich in stories of espionage and assassination and political machination.  In one paragraph, buried somewhere in the book’s meaty center, the author includes an almost throwaway reference that has stuck in my memory ever since.

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My customer discussions in Asia and the Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) area have been lessons in the maturation of virtualization markets.  No region in the world is more virtualization savvy than ANZ.  But the other end of the virtual spectrum–ignorance and trepidation–is also more common in Asia Pacific than any other major markets.  This theater is truly a land of extremes.

I have been nurturing a theory about chargeback that you will certainly read more about here.  But I now ask for your help in the formation of this idea.  Can you give me 30 seconds to share your experience with virtual infrastructure chargeback models?  If you have never implemented chargeback in your environment, this survey will take you five seconds.  But even those three multiple choice responses will help my investigation.

Here is the survey.  I much appreciate your thoughts.

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