Virtualization is a two-for-one deal. You get the ability to run two completely different environments on one piece of hardware, either a server or a desktop. But there’s so much more to virtualization, and it is all explained in astonishingly simple terms in this special edition of Virtualization for Dummies. Click now for your free copy of Virtualization for Dummies, and click as well on some of the articles listed below to expand upon your knowledge base of virtualization:

White paper: The promise of desktop virtualization
Desktop virtualization can help rein in the costs of managing and maintaining PC infrastructures.

10 questions to test your virtualization readiness
Before diving into virtualization, industry analyst group suggests asking critical questions.

Mastering basic virtualization challenges, part one: Budgeting
In the first part of a five-article series, we show that companies rolling out virtualization are wise to reserve funds for a variety of related investments.

Virtualization: It’s not just for servers anymore
The proliferation of virtual servers is drawing attention to other forms of virtualization.

Virtualization comes to small and midsize businesses
Increased reliability and low-cost options attract SMBs to this burgeoning technology.

Doing the math on virtualization
Pharmaceuticals distributor Lextron shares some real-world virtualization ROI numbers.