TABLE OF CONTENTS Virtualization virtualization virtualization. You have likely heard lots about virtualization in the past, and have probably reached your saturation point thanks to all of the chapters in this book. By now, you have either become excited about the possibilities and are sold on the concept, or you are still skeptical about what true value it could have for you or your company. Though all we have talked about is exciting indeed, we have only begun to tap into the potential of what virtualization can really do for enterprises. The promise of a reformed view of data center and infrastructure management will be the focus of many new technologies over the next few years. As server virtualization increases in popularity and becomes more commonplace, companies will look for other synergies within their own infrastructures to accomplish similar goals: Simplification, cost containment, if not reduction, and consolidation.
In this final chapter, we will discuss the road map, including its various aspects as officially published by XenSource, along with various generalizations observed in the Xen development life cycle based on customer needs. Next, we will illustrate how Xen fits into a virtual infrastructure, combining it with other virtualization products. We will also invoke some forward thinking as we present some visionary plans from different virtualization companies on where virtualization technology can take your organization in the future.
While Xen continues to gain ground and market share among the popular virtualization technologies available, it must also...
