Description: If you run a small or mid-sized business, server virtualization promises cost savings and improved IT efficiency. To help ensure you understand the advantages, we drew up a list of the most tangible benefits that virtualization has to offer small and mid-sized businesses.

Source: cio.com

Date: Jan 11 2012

Server virtualization has been around for more than 10 years and while issues such as storage and I/O bottlenecks can still rear their head, the multi-faceted advantages offered by virtualization are real and attainable even if you run a small business—and since your competitors may not have discovered the benefits of the technology yet you may gain a significant competitive advantage. To help ensure you understand server virtualization, we drew up a list of the most tangible advantages that virtualization has to offer smaller businesses.  READ REST OF STORY

Questions for discussion:

1. How does virtualization increase server efficiency?

2.  How does virtualization increase business continuity?