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Virtualization continues to grow at 20 percent or more per year, but it is not expected to overtake existing physical architectures at least through 2010. This white paper examines the unique challenges of virtualization and offers tips for its successful management alongside IT's physical deployments.

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he rampant fad diets that seem to be here, there, and everywhere, can definitely help you to lose weight instantly, but the question is, how long can that weight loss be sustained, and what will it end up doing to your body.

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