virtualization

Virtualization: The Complete Cornerstone Guide to Virtualization Best Practices: Concepts, Terms, and Techniques for Successfully Planning, Implementing ... Enterprise IT Virtualization Technology
$29.95
A very disappointing book. It explains a number of virtualisation terms but adds nothing to the information everyone can easily find on wikipedia. It lacks real-life examples and best practices.

Virtualization, A Beginner's Guide
$39.99
This book provides a good technical review of virtualization and its infrastructure. It is exciting to know that a dynamic data centre can offer centralized on-demand application delivery platform through desktop, application and profile virtualization.

By the way, hardware virtualization is the enabling technology of many cloud infrastructure vendors offerings including Amazon Web Services. The Amazon solution is an extension of the popular open source Citrix Xen virtualization system. I reckon it is essential reading for IT professionals who want to know how to build/manage a virtualization infrastructure and understand cloud computing platforms on the market.

Running Xen: A Hands-On Guide to the Art of Virtualization
$54.99
This book is just excellent! It is a MUST title in a system administrators library interested to learn everything about virtualization using Xen. The author explains all the most important features from Xen considering theory and practical aspects. If you want to learn Xen and if you would like to have in your library a good reference about this subject, just buy this book.

Virtualization: From the Desktop to the Enterprise (Books for Professionals by Professionals)
$79.99
Libro muy completo aunque practicamente solo habla de VMware