Due to limited resources, a company must reduce their hardware budget while still maintaining availability. Which of the following would MOST likely help them achieve their objectives?

Virtualization allows multiple virtual machines to run on a single physical host, directly reducing the number of physical servers and thus hardware expenditure. High-availability features such as VM live migration, clustering, and snapshots also maintain or improve uptime without requiring additional physical hardware investment.

Remote access enables users to connect to systems from outside the office but does not reduce the number of physical servers required.

Network access control manages which devices can connect to the network but does not consolidate hardware or reduce infrastructure costs.

Blade servers are a more efficient hardware form factor but still require physical blade chassis and blades, offering limited cost reduction compared to full virtualization.