Few technologies in recent years have captured the attention of businesses and IT organizations like virtualization - and with good reason. By enabling IT
to pool and share under-utilized technology assets to meet business demand on the fly, virtualization has helped reduce IT costs and increase business agility. As the challenging economic environment continues to put companies under extreme pressure to do more with less, virtualization technologies are particularly suited to the times.

To better understand the benefits and challenges of virtualization, it is instructive to review its evolution. This white paper explores this, and then gives practical advice on how virtualization can benefit your organization.