Virtualization is only just beginning to make its presence known in the enterprise despite its already heavy impact on the server farm. As the technology rolls into the next decade, it will literally remake IT operations from the ground up, drastically altering the way both hardware and software systems are acquired, deployed, utilized and retired. That's the general consensus of a number of industry analysts, nearly five years since virtualization quietly crept into the x86 market after languishing for decades in the mainframe. The boldest predictions come from Gartner in its latest report on virtualization, in preparation for the company's Symposium/ITxpo event. According to Gartner VP and analyst Philip Dawson, if you think server virtualization and consolidation are cool, you ain't seen nothin' yet.