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And other solutions are out there. Motorola, Cisco, Intel and Texas Instruments have invested funds in VirtualLogix (nee Jaluna), which was founded by Sun Microsystems alumni. Open Kernel Labs has had product out for months in various Toshiba, LG, Sony Ericsson and HTC handsets; the company has a private-public partnership with Australia's Information and Communications Technology Centre of Excellence (NICTA). Its other customers include Samsung and Qualcomm.
On other platforms, organizations already "get" virtualization. A survey released by IDC in July indicated that 52% of all servers purchased in 2008 are expected to be virtualized -- and that 54% of firms not already on the virtualization bandwagon expected to be riding within 18 months. It's even more impressive that buy-in is so thorough that most companies aren't even worrying about making a separate business case for virtualization -- infrastructure is just infrastructure, parts is parts.
The numbers are nowhere near as high for mobile virtualization, but both handset manufacturers and virtualization vendors are operating on the premise that the camel's nose is already well into the tent.
The longtime goal of a smartphone that requires just one or two chips -- subtracting both complexity and cost -- probably isn't around the corner, but virtualization seems to be the most visible milestone along the path. You'll know when we reach it, because a lot of tech folks' belts and backpacks will be lighter by at least one beeping, buzzing device. End.
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