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Virtualization is here to stay

A recent article in CIO magazine predicts that virtualization will squeeze into pretty much every area of IT ultimately, as it simplifies things to such a great degree. It’s unclear how much of the current wave of virtualization is the result of new techniques being applied to fresh areas of IT or how much is simply vendors identifying the things they’ve been doing all along as “virtualization.” But it is here to stay, the article points out, because if it’s possible to get 80 percent of the function for 20 percent the cost, it’s irresponsible to go for the more expensive alternative without good reason.

Footnotes: From "View from the TreeTop" Volume 2 Issue 7 July 2008

Reprinted with permission © 2008 TreeTop Technologies

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