Looking at an IT administrator's daily to-do-list reveals tasks that involve the need to build, configure, deploy, backup, and recover desktop and server systems on a routine basis. Different technologies have been employed to universally address the IT needs for management. IDC believes that the virtualization capabilities of Symantec's V2i technology represents a valuable addition to the IT environment. IDC recommends that organizations that perform Windows deployments or migrations and have disaster-recovery requirements evaluate Symantec's deployment and protection solutions for the potential benefits they offer.