Today I was reading an article on Computable.nl . The number of sold Virtual Machines was higher in 2008 then Physical Machines. Now, for us, this is not supprising. I think that the current hardware allows us to get consolidation ratios higher and higher. Read the full article here (in Dutch)

I would like to note though, that virtualisation isn't just about consolidation. We still gain massive advantages using Virtual Machines instead of Physical Machines. In case of VMware vSphere, think about vMotion, Storage vMotion, snapshot, record/reply, shared VMFS, resource control, DRS, HA, FT, simplified management, multiple storage solution support, fast performance and it is Cloud Ready. How cool is that!