I had so much to say in response to a recent post asking about virtualization from Jennifer Glore that I realized it was long enough to be a blog post.
It really depends on what you’re looking to do. Many companies don’t have the money and staff to have an in-house data center with proper power and network redundancy; others don’t want the depreciation associated with owning computer hardware (even if they leased space in a data center, they’d have to buy equipment to put in it).
Some reasons to virtualize:
1) you need a fresh machine and cannot wait to order a new one or
re-purpose an older one.
2) your need for machines/services fluctuates (and again,
re-purposing takes time). This need can be as broad as employee
desktops or as …