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	ISBN: 007161401X / 9780071614016 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Buy on-line: Amazon McGraw-Hill Barnes & Noble Sample Chapter: Chapter 6 - Begin with the Testing Environment

The move to virtualization technologies is a significant change for IT. Today's networks often include systems with very poor utilization ratios. Through virtualization, organizations can transform this model and gain significant footprint reductions in the datacenter.

Here is the only hands-on beginner's guide to teach IT professionals how to incorporate virtualization into a corporate environment. This book helps you evaluate and compare the major vendors' technologies--including Citrix, Microsoft, and VMware--and make the right choice for your needs. Featuring detailed explanations, best practices, and real-world examples, Virtualization: A Beginner's Guide helps organizations of all sizes move forward with more dynamic datacenter approaches.

This book provides a five-step process to help you manage the move to virtualization effectively. You will get strategies for building your virtualization infrastructure and converting physical machines to virtual implementations.