Virtualization is the highest-impact IT trend changing infrastructure and operations and is rewriting the rules of IT management, deployment, planning and purchasing as organizations transform their IT environment into a dynamic datacenter. Virtualization is a proven software technology that is rapidly transforming the IT landscape and fundamentally changing the way that people compute.

Through a dynamic mapping of physical resources to business needs, organizations can create agile IT environments via virtualization to better manage IT capacity, to provide better service levels, and to streamline IT processes.  This improves an IT organization's ability to quickly adapt to changing business needs, while providing a more resilient environment with automated recovery of critical systems. 

Virtualization essentially lets one computer do the job of multiple computers, by sharing the resources of a single computer across multiple environments. Virtual servers and virtual desktops let you host multiple   operating systems and multiple applications locally and in remote locations, freeing you from physical and geographical limitations. In addition to energy savings and lower capital expenses due to more efficient use of your hardware resources, you get high availability of resources, better desktop management, increased security, and improved disaster recovery processes when you build a virtual   infrastructure.  By applying best practices to Virtualization technologies an organization will enjoy reduced operating costs, simplified management, and a more reliable environment resulting in increase end user productivity and better support for business functions.