The February issue of Computers In Business has a special 12-page pullout section explaining what virtualisaion is and how it works.
We thought it would also be useful to have it explained in simple English, right here on the blog. So we caught up with a few experts in the field to talk about the basic principles involved. In this clip, Dediserve’s Aidan McCarron explains:
a) why virtualisaion can cost from as little as €20 per month
b) why it’s not just IT firms that are buying it
c) why his parents still don’t know EXACTLY what he does for a living
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