Greg, don't forget you can goto esxi which is very nice and uhm, free. Management tools are a little sticky on it, but you can do the same basic suspend/copy or get the vcb from vmware.
One of the primary reasons to load vm is to create flexibility (different o/s) I would think in a sm/med company. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~