Server Virtualization - VM Ware's edge

Implications: VMWare has an edge in the server virtualization market when folded into Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Plans. Able to run multiple and disparate Operating Systems on Intel based hardware platforms to include Linux, and variety Unix flavors provides and edge over other well known virtulization technologies.  Running indentical "virtualized" servers on multiple hardware platforms (that may be geographically separated) fits well into DR/BC objectives.

Analysis: When considering elements of business continuity and disaster recovery VMWare's technology provides significant advantage over Citrix and other virtulization vendor's technologies.
Real world benefit comes when virtualized servers are configured in a VMWare hardware farm.  The technology provides the safety net of enabling several identical "virtual servers" to operate on different hardware platforms.  In the event the primary hardware fails the virtualized server "fails" over to the secondary hardware without interruption to the services.