The new technology buzzword may have graduated from being a mere marketing hype, but problems arising from mismanaged direction in virtualizing critical business IT components is getting more headaches than relieved sighs.

"Virtualization is the key to attaining lower budgets, reducing risks and improving consolidation," said Sal Fernando, chief architect, EMC South Asia. "But most companies are currently virtualizing in small disparate resource pools that are independently managed."

In a rush to virtualize resources to address the rapid growth of information, Fernando said companies are unnecessarily acquiring equipment and solutions that are managed separately, creating inefficiencies in the long run.

"We talk to them and tell them that they need to stop virtualizing using a siloed approach and advice them to opt for a virtualization solution that is integrated and is able to communicate with each other," added Ronnie Lazatino, country manager, EMC Philippines.

Current trends in virtualization dictates separate administration of Storage, Server and the LAN/SAN/WAN spaces, which could is prone to creating conflicts in management.