Virtualization offers organizations these benefits:

Savings on infrastructure and support costs.

Fast recovery of information systems in the event of an equipment mishap.

New opportunities for disaster recovery and business continuity.

In addition to examining these virtualization benefits in this assignment, you will also examine challenges associated with virtualization. Specifically you will write a 23-page paper in which you:

1. Define virtualization.

2. Justify the need for organizations to use virtualization.

3. Evaluate two virtual technologies/solutions.

4. Determine alternatives to virtualization.

5. Research security risks associated with virtualization and potential countermeasures.