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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This Project has been made possible through the direct and indirect Co-operation of various persons, who have inspired us at every step of our work. It is a matter of pride for us toacknowledge our profound gratitude to our respected Prof. Somil Mishra who always facilitatesus in gaining practical knowledge.We are very much obliged and thankful to our computer Lab assistants for their valuableCooperation in getting the hard copy of this Term Paper.And above all, we are beholden to our Parents and other family members for their blessing andencouragement in completing this task.
ANKITA GUPTAANUP SARAFINDERPAL SINGHMEENU GUPTA
 
PREFACE
The Term Paper provides an opportunity to a student to demonstrate application of his/her knowledge, skill and competencies required during the technical session. This Paper also helpsthe student to devote his/her skill to analyze the problem to suggest alternative solutions, toevaluate them and to provide feasible recommendations on the provided data.The Term Paper is on the topic of “
VIRTUAL INFRASTRUCTUREMANAGEMENT
”.
Although we have tried our level best to prepare this report an error freereport every effort has been made to offer the most authenticate position with accuracy.
 
Introduction
Virtualmanagementseeks to separate certain responsibilities of managers from the actual site of  production, the workers and resources at that site. It orients managers more directly to the needsof aservice economy- wherein "commodity" and " product" relations are no longer a source of  sustainable competitive advantage, due to global competition or inability to predict liability.Its major advantage, according to supporters, is to focus on the customer and thevalue chain from which the customer derives value. Its major drawback, according to detractors, is thatcommodity and product relations "outsourced" todeveloping nationsdo tremendous harm.Others see benefits, but note that it tends to specialize these nations, as under  colonialism, when they fed "natural resources" and "human resources" todeveloped nations, into narrow and limited supply roles.While seeking organisational effectiveness in the current capitalist mode of production,especially profit-making organisations are increasingly recognising the competitive advantage of concentrating on their core competences and outsourcing all or most of other operations. Another economical driving force is the shift from traditional consumerism to relationship marketing and Customer relationship management(CRM). Companies try to introduce products to potentialcustomers earlier in their life and then try to keep them as customers as long as possible. Inaddition, companies may consult users for research and development purposes to increasecustomer satisfaction.These operations may also be more project-based, involving organisations that may or may notformally belong to any of the units involved. All this creates new kinds of interlinked networksof suppliers, buyers, producers and customers, where the factors of production are being acquiredas conveniently as possible to make deliverables that can be seamlessly supplied to the peoplewho need them, to where and when they need them.These networks are called Virtual organizations. They may consist of any form and number of   people of individuals, teams, companies and / or stakeholders, managed from one clear pointwith and organised long-term strategy or conjured up in an ad hoc style to solve a particular  problem with a few hours' time scale. People working in these organizations can be seen asvirtual workers, and leaders as virtual managers, depending on their involvement and location intime and space.Further, Virtual Management becomes easier in the current information-intensive work, asinformation itself has becfome the newfactor of production. Raw data can be convenientlymined, processed and sold as information, which in turn can function as raw material or end product for others, depending on the importance, accuracy and timeliness of that information.Advanced Services, including insurance houses, financial institutions, advertising, real estate,consulting, marketing, PR, security, management of information systems, and news andentertainment publishers, are at the core of these operations. On the other hand, any company,however traditional in its field of business, can be seen as virtual, if it is
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virakomarraju

Hi Anup I found this paper very interesting and I will be using it as review of literature for my forthcoming PhD efforts. Vira

reply04 / 20 / 2009
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