Mark Tomlinson

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Thursday, April 20, 2006

WSJ.com - Portals

WSJ.com - Portals: "he second is that many of these business users are mixing Linux and Windows inside a single computer using an increasingly important technology known as 'virtualization.'

Virtualization involves using software to make one computer act like many. The technology is barely understood outside IT shops, but it is changing the way big businesses use computers. "

Damn straight. It is a total re-think on how to manage and administer systems and environments. I have been heavily involved in rolling out virtualization and it is nothing short of a revolution in how you *think* about computer resources.