How a private cloud goes beyond virtualization management
At first blush, private clouds can look a lot like virtualization. But first looks can be deceiving. While it's certainly true that we see virtualization management products extended--for example, with self-service portals--in ways that make them look superficially like clouds, we're really talking about different categories of software.
There are two ways to think about these differences. The first is in terms of different mindsets and approaches to IT operations. The other is to consider specific features and capabilities.
Consider the "big picture" aspect first. Mary Johnston Turner, research vice president of enterprise system management software, at market more



