See also "Understanding Hardware-Assisted Virtualization" in Webopedia's Did You Know section.

Introducing AMD Virtualization
Next-Generation AMD Opteron processors are designed to help end the .one server, one application. problem common in so many enterprises today.

ServerWatch: Server Virtualization Goes Prime Time
Virtualization technology is enjoying a period of explosive growth at the moment, and increasing numbers of enterprises are becoming virtualization converts. Research firm IDC estimates about 750,000 virtual servers were in operation in 2004, and it expects this to rise to more than 5 million by 2009 — a compound annual growth rate of almost 50 percent.