IBM and Intel are looking to <A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2073521,00.asp?kc=EWNAVEMNL121806EOAD">create new standards for enterprise customers</A> and IT administrators looking to deploy virtualization in the data center. One of the first initiatives from the two companies is a new methodology for IT managers to compare processor platforms and various system configurations within the data center. Called vConsolidate, the new benchmark can predict the effects of running multiple instances of consolidated databases, email, Web and Java workloads in various virtual partitions.