Virtualization For Dummies®

Author's Acknowledgments

So many people have helped in the writing of this book that it would be justified in calling it a collaboration of the willing. Their enthusiasm in sharing information and perspective has been invaluable. I'd like to thank everyone who offered help and encouragement and to especially thank the following:

Kyle Looper and Paul Levesque of Wiley Publishing, Inc., who gently yet irresistibly pushed me toward finishing the book. Kyle generously contracted for the book, and Paul affably helped shape it in the direct and comprehensible For Dummies style.

David Marshall, who performed the key duty of technical reviewer for the book, providing much valuable feedback. David is a real virtualization guru who writes the weekly virtualization newsletter for InfoWorld and also works at the virtualization startup Inovawave.

From HP: Andy Scholl helped me comprehend HP's myriad of virtualization technologies and products.

From IBM: Chris Almond, Greg Kelleher, Jerone Young, and Bob Zuber helped me comprehend this very large organization's various virtualization initiatives, and I appreciate their assistance.

From Novell: Jonathan Ervine, Kerry Kim, and Justin Steinman provided insight about Novell's virtualization objectives and technology.

From Platespin: Richard Azevedo and Bojan Dusevic were very generous and helpful with their time, much appreciated in helping me sort out the complex topic of P2V migration.

From Red Hat: Joel Berman, Nick Carr, Jan Mark Holzer, Rob Kenna, ...