Section 14.10. Summary

14.10. Summary

The virtual evolution is happening in data centers and IT shops everywhere. The use of VMware's virtualization products has now moved out of the test and development shops into production. ESX Server is the virtualization platform on which departmental and data center servers and services should be run. The future of virtualization is exciting since growing support from many areas of the tech industry will spawn new products that will assist you in achieving a 100-percent uptime environment while reducing costs and complexities. ESX Server is at the core of your virtual infrastructure and provides you with the immediate tools you need to jump-start your virtual evolution. Many years from today, other virtualization products may equal ESX Server, but for now and for the foreseeable future, ESX Server is by far the leader in the marketplace and will remain so for quite some time.