What is virtualization anyway? The short answer is, virtualization is separating the physical layer from the logical layer — the operating systems and applications. You can virtualize pretty much any aspect of IT. “There is no universal definition of virtualization as it means many things to many people and can apply to the entire infrastructure — from data center virtualization, desktop virtualization, storage virtualization, etc.,” said Lionel Lamy, research director at IDC.
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The Virtualization Challenge, Part 1: Many From One
Posted by: Richard Adhikari February 20, 2008 04:00 AMWhat is virtualization anyway? The short answer is, virtualization is separating the physical layer from the logical layer — the operating systems and applications. You can virtualize pretty much any aspect of IT. “There is no universal definition of virtualization as it means many things to many people and can apply to the entire infrastructure — from data center virtualization, desktop virtualization, storage virtualization, etc.,” said Lionel Lamy, research director at IDC.