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Does Your Virtualization Platform Matter? - A Summary

Virtualization provides both an isolation and prioritization of resources that allows a single platform to function as if it were split into multiple machines. The concurrence of today’s technology-driven business marketplace and the economic clime pushes organizations into a continual search for higher efficiencies and better leveraging of IT resources.
This analysis has been primarily directed at the value of virtualization from a business perspective, so that those whose role it is to provide business leadership can understand the benefit of the virtualization offerings when evaluating its selection.