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| today's highly competitive market. Desktop | | | | tighter but ultimately more productive IT infrastructure. |
| virtualization, an emerging technology, satisfies this | | | | In fact, a virtualization platform is the key element that |
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| value in a cost-effective manner. | | | | providers today, allowing them to offer as high as |
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| other features. This technology can be used for | | | | Such benefits have led some pundits to declare that |
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| hosting multiple servers. | | | | establishing relatively expensive private networks. |
| By implementing this business solution, companies the | | | | Indeed, desktop virtualization represents resource |
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| financial crisis. | | | | |