To get ready for the ultimate virtualization project you need to replace all windows servers with Linux. In a lot of shops this has already happened. Maybe you can't eliminate all of them ... but give it a try. You'll need to do some sniffing around to find all the windows servers some will be hiding under desks and in closets. OK now that you've replaced everything you can with Linux you have to look around for mainframes.

Mainframes are easier to find ... they won't be stuffed in closets, or under desks .... but make an inventory. The good news is that if you have a mainframe you don't have to replace it with a Linux server ... like you could! Actually if you have an existing mainframe you are in better shape than most folks when it comes to ULTIMATE VIRTUALIZATION.

OK ..... now go here and order one of these. You'll also find some good reading on the benefits of converging your array of Linux Servers on a z10. IBM is positioning their newest mainframe the z10 as basically a data center in a single box ... it can run you Linux and mainframe apps ... no more racks .... no more sea of cables .... no more hidden servers ... and it GREEN! There isn't a better platform for saving utility expenses than the z10. To prove its Green look at the accent stripe ... it's green ... and do you think that is a coincidence. Can you imagine the fighting in NY when they changed the stripe from IBM Blue to Green?

It is time to end the platform wars .... virtualization was born on the mainframe .... and so it is only proper that when virtualization is fully realized .... there is only one platform left ..... the mainframe!