Introduction As businesses continue to demand greater efficiency, flexibility, and scalability from their IT infrastructure, virtualization has become a fundamental technology in modern computing environments. Virtualization allows organizations to maximize hardware utilization, reduce costs, and simplify resource management by creating virtual versions of physical resources. From cloud computing and data centers to web hosting and enterprise networks, virtualization plays a critical role in delivering reliable and scalable services. In this article, we’ll explore what virtualization is, how it works, and the primary types of virtualization used in today’s IT environments. What is Virtualization? Virtualization is the creation of a virtual version of an operating system , a server, a storage device or a network resources. Operating system virtualization uses software …