There was a time up until a decade ago when virtualization sounded like a term straight out of a science fiction movie. Something that belonged to the realm of time travel, teleportation, and anti-gravity hoverboards. Today, virtualization is a key tool in the quest for IT departments to find better ways to integrate, provision, deploy, and manage systems at a faster pace without straining budgets. It is widely recognized as a powerful technology that helps businesses save money, energy, and space, so they can meet the escalating needs and expectations of their end users.