АВТОМАТИЗАЦИЯ И СИСТЕМЫ УПРАВЛЕНИЯ UDK 330.46 A.A. Musaev1 , S.M. Gazul2 , I.V. Anantchenko3 THE INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN OF AN EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION USING VIRTUALIZATION TECHNOLOGIES St. Petersburg State University of Economics, Sadovaya Str., 21, St-Petersburg, 191023, Russia St. Petersburg State Institute of Technology (Technical University), Moskovsky Pr. 26, St. Petersburg, 190013, Russia e-mail: sgazul@gmail.com The main types of IT information infrastructure virtualization used to build the information system of modern educational institution are given. <...> The prerequisites for the use of described technologies for building the information infrastructure of educational institutions are considered. <...> The technique, which allows one to choose the most appropriate way of virtualization depending on the existing restrictions is suggested. <...> The main advantages of using virtualization technology by educational institutions for building information infrastructure are described. <...> These include reducing the cost of IT infrastructure of the institution, increasing the flexibility of the educational process, by allowing quick student workplace setup when computers are used as terminals to work with virtual machines, deployed in the cloud on demand, the ability to emulate the functionality of expensive physical hardware, etc. <...> The scenarios of infrastructure network development of an educational institution are considered. <...> The importance, economic feasibility and technical need for virtualization technology in educational institutions is stressed. <...> The final section shows typical usage scenarios of virtualization technology in the organization of modern educational process. <...> Keywords: virtualization, hybrid information systems, cloud computing Introduction In recent years, many experts and business environment representatives mention changing the paradigm of higher education [1-4], justifying this by the emergence of new requirements for higher education, formed under the influence of global trends [6, 8]. <...> Ключевые слова: виртуализация, гибридные информационные системы, облачные вычисления information technologies are implemented in the educational process in domestic and foreign educational institutions, which changes the demand for the information infrastructure resources [4, 17]. <...> The problem of optimal use of cloud services in educational resources development becomes more urgent [8, 9, 12], in order to form a hybrid information 2 Musaev Aleksandr A., Dr Sci. (Eng.), Professor, dean of the Information <...>