In this podcast, virtualization expert Anil Desai provides an easy-to-understand primer on virtualization that will quickly bring any listener up to speed on the topic. In a fifteen minute conversation with WhatIs.com's Alex Howard, Desai explains all of the core elements of one of today's most important technologies, including:

• An overview of the concepts behind virtualization, its history and why it matters now.
• An explanation of how organizations large and small can benefit from using virtualization.
• A description of virtual machines (VMs), considerations for their use and analysis of VM server loads.