Virtual Machines

Virtual machines let's install on new machines programs, Os's like a real PC. For company's it allows to get green and get the correct use of the hardware and LAN infrastructure , if you get hardware problems you could go to other PC and with simple file copy restore your Virtual Machine.


Advantages in using Virtual machines:

• Test environment for your program's
• It takes little time to setup the second VM, just file copy.
• Can use several VM's
  

• Put the Hardware functioning to according to it's potential
  

• Can use these machines to training events
• Less investment more ROI in IT
  

• Software evaluation without taking risks
  

• Can use Open Source in more suitable way.
• Consolidation storage and LAN

There are several software to do virtualization i have worked with VMWARE Server which is free, but there are other like Xensource Express which is free as well. there are other software options which are not free, but with another level of consolidation of servers.

• Vmware Server

http://www.vmware.com/download/server/

• Xensource Express
  

http://www.citrixxenserver.com/products/Pages/XenExpress.aspx

PS: You have to make a registration process to get the licenses keys