SALT LAKE CITY, March 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Cloud computing, big data and virtualization are three big trends in information technology that can sometimes seem challenging to understand. A new animated video featuring Fusion-io Chief Scientist Steve Wozniak helps to explain the basics of virtualization and how to make sure datacenters are working efficiently by putting server CPUs to work.

To watch the video or grab the embed code to post it on a blog, visit: www.fusionio.com/blog/whiteboarding-with-the-woz-the-basics-of-virtualization/.

Virtualization was invented in 1990, but it is still just beginning to realize its potential. Why? Because outdated storage architectures have held progress back. As Fusion-io Chief Scientist Steve Wozniak explains in this video, servers CPUs are becoming more powerful, but they can't get enough data to keep them busy.

An underutilized CPU is like a mansion with just one person living in it. The owner decides to rent out extra rooms, but the house has only one bathroom. Imagine the bottleneck when everyone tries to get ready in the morning. Using ioMemory is like replacing the one sink in the bathroom with multiple sinks. Now everyone can use the resources at the same time.

Adding ioMemory to struggling virtualization infrastructure is like replacing the old sink. Now the applications sharing the CPU don't have to wait for shared resources like storage or memory, and they can get near-instant access to the resources they need.

For more information, visit www.fusionio.com/virtualization.

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Fusion-io delivers the world's data faster. Our Fusion ioMemory platform and software defined storage solutions accelerate virtualization, databases, cloud computing, big data and performance applications. From e-commerce retailers to the world's social media leaders and Fortune Global 500 companies, our customers are improving the performance and efficiency of their data centers with Fusion-io technology to accelerate the critical applications of the information economy.