As we start 2008, it's a good time look back at 2007 and see what posts received the most attention in 2007:

10. Using USB over a Virtual Server - This list starts off with a popular tip from early last year and still one of our most viewed posts.

9. Configuring Non-English Keyboards in Virtual Iron - One of our most popular tips.

8. Grandinetti on Blades and Virtualization - Virtual Iron's CMO talks with SearchServerVirtualization about blades and virtualization.

7. Owen Bird Law Firm Flies From VMware - Spotlight on a Virtual Iron customer.

6. How to Import Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 Machines Into Virtual Iron - The title says it all in this post by our Dutch Channel One Partner.

5. How to Determine if an AMD CPU Supports AMD-V - Using an AMD-based server? See if it supports AMD-V to find out if your AMD CPU is virtualization ready.

4. Free Download of Virtual Iron 4 - New releases and updates are always popular and the release of Virtual Iron 4 back in September was no exception.

3. Backing Up Your Virtual Servers - Written back when 3.1 was the latest release, this is still a good overview of how to backup your virtual servers.

2. Converting VMware Virtual Appliances for Use with Virtual Iron - Convert existing VMware virtual appliances to the VHD format used by Virtual Iron.

And the most popular post of 2007 was....

1. The 3-Second Hardware Virtualization Check - See if your servers are virtualization ready!

Happy new year!

From CXOtoday, the five virtues of virtualization:

- Server unification and infrastructure maximization
- Reduction in cost of infrastructure
- Enhances flexible functionality of management
- High accessibility of applications and data
- Improves system compliance

For the full article and CXOtoday's reasoning behind each virtue, click here.

CIO.com has the results of their "Virtualization in the Enterprise" Survey and you can see the results here.

No real surprises here....the survey shows:

- Virtualization is being used for server consolidation by most, followed by disaster recovery.
- Virtualization is mostly being used on servers in the data center, but many are using storage virtualization and desktop virtualization.
- Much of the virtualization implementation is being done in-house.
- A vast majority are happy with the ROI received from implementing virtualization.

Full survey results are here and thanks to Gordon Haff at CNet for pointing this out in his blog.)

Earlier this week, we announced that we closed an additional $20 million in financing:

“This funding and the increased valuation are a reflection of Virtual Iron’s strong market momentum. The server virtualization market is exploding and Virtual Iron is growing faster than the market itself,” said Ed Walsh, CEO of Virtual Iron. “Virtual Iron is known for providing enterprise server virtualization made easy. Our clients and partners get all the advanced benefits of server virtualization without the cost and complexity. The company’s market momentum is a direct result of the significant value our software delivers for our clients and partners.”

Full article here.