This report provides an in-depth analysis of virtualization within Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), focusing on software-based approaches. It critically examines three popular virtualization software options: VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Windows Virtual PC, considering their feasibility, risk factors, advantages, disadvantages, and cost implications for HPE. The report discusses the standard configuration of software-based virtualization, including hardware requirements and cost factors, and evaluates the suitability of virtualization for HPE's data storage service offerings, highlighting array, network, and server-based data storage techniques. It also explores the advantages, such as improved resource utilization and centralized network storage management, and disadvantages, including potential complexity and initial costs, associated with implementing virtualization within HPE, ultimately providing recommendations on the most appropriate virtualization strategy for the organization.