All these have revolutionized the way we think and work. While few (business) capitalized on the new opportunities thrown by these changes, rest perished. Consumers are getting more for less – Devices are becoming powerful with every release; memory is becoming cheaper by the year etc..

But the big question to ask is “How well are you utilizing the additional power ?” For example, our personal desktop/laptops are idle for over 20 hours a day. They are not fully utilized even while we are using them. You are probably still running same Outlook, IE, Word, Excel, Games, Movies etc.. on our latest i7 processor. So you are probably utilizing 5%-20% of your $1500 spend. Further, you are paying for those software’s that is again underutilized. It is likely that you will change your device in couple of years to get more powerful device and further reduce the utilization. Ouch ! That hurts !!

Your immediate thought could be “Can I share it with someone so that my overall utilization goes up and costs come down ?” Bingo ! That is indeed what is coming next.

Virtualization is the technology which enables you to do more with your device and thus reducing your total cost of ownership.

Think of large organizations which invest in several thousand devices. For these organizations the problem is of different scale and magnitude. They invest in all kinds of devices as part of their infrastructure including laptops, desktops, servers, storage, network, bandwidth. Average IT spend runs in several million to billion dollars . And average utilization of just 5%-20% should obviously hurt.

Virtualization technology enables organizations to maximize infrastructure utilizations. It also addresses several issues in Virtualization including manageability, security, provisioning and software lifecycle management. Virtualization is like Lord Brahma or Kali of Hindu Mythology. Power of multiple within self.