http://www.soamag.com The SOA Magazine is a monthly online publication provided by SOA Systems Inc. and Prentice Hall/PearsonPTR and is officially associated with the "Prentice Hall Service-Oriented Computing Series from Thomas Erl." SOA en-us Copyright 2009, SOA Systems Inc. http://soamag.com/I26/0223-2.asp The concept of virtualization and sharing of resources is not new. In fact, the idea of standardization has been around since the industrial revolution made it possible to mass produce identical parts. Because of this, manufacturing and production costs declined steeply, as businesses no longer needed to specialize in every aspect of production. And now, the same idea is being applied in the information age. Virtualization and service-orientation are allowing businesses to share or sell common components to allow for faster and cheaper development times. SOA http://www.soamag.com/contributors/bio-JHe.asp#When:22.02.09