It use to be customary for a company to deploy a new server to accommodate a new program or initiative. Groups or department in the organization would be hesit

It use to be customary for a company to deploy a new server to accommodate a new program or initiative. Groups or department in the organization would be hesitant to share a host and often wanted their own machines. Depending on the organization, this often came out of IT's budget and not the various departments. That's part of the reason why virtualization has been so rapidly adopted.