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Virtualization Growing Really Fast

Ask entrepreneurs and IT pros what's hot, and you won't hear much about browsers, fat client OSes and Cat 5 cable. You will hear a lot about virtualization. In fact, the vast majority of IT pros have "a strong interest in virtualization." Still, only a minority in IT are currently doing virtualization.

Redmond readers are different. Many (if not most) of you are virtualizing, according to our own research.

Fortunately, there's a brand-new resource that will tell you all you need to know. VirtualizationReview.com is now up and running, and it comes with a new newsletter with weekly analysis.

Let me know what you think of the site and what you need to know about virtualization by writing [email protected].

Posted by Doug Barney on February 25, 2008


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