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IDC Paper: The Impact of Virtualization Software on Operating Environments

Overview Virtualization of system resources aboard x86 servers is one technology that has the distinct potential to really change the dynamics of the industry in many ways as it quickly becomes a de facto component of modern computing.

Today's use of virtualization technology allows IT professionals to automatically manage the resources of the physical server to efficiently support multiple operating systems, each supporting different applications.

This IDC Technology Assessment presents IDC's view of how virtualization technologies are impacting and will continue to impact operating environments and the operating environment market near- and long-term.

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Intel

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Vmware	File Format	PDF
Date Published	October 2006	Downloads	1
Format	White Papers
Topics	Systems Integration, Parallel Processing, High Performance Computing, x86-standard Servers, Virtualization

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