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Recently I became interested in virtualization.

I want to learn which is the best software for that, best practises for virtualizing, etc.

I don't know if I should learn VirtualBox, VMware Workstation, VMware Server, XEN...

Which one is more used on enterprises?

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What is it that you're expecting to learn? "Best" is a very vague term, and most of the available products are "best" at one thing or another. – afrazier Jan 27 '11 at 19:21
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VirtualBox is really easy to use. I've never used any of the others. I don't think VirtualBox is used much at an enterprise level...

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VirtualBox is free and works quite well, though less enterprise.

EDIT: see @afrazier comment

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VMware Workstation and VirtualBox are unrelated products - one is not a "higher end" version of the other. VMware Server is a free Type 2 hypervisor that requires a host OS like VirtualBox and VMware Workstation do. VMware ESXi and MS Hyper-V are Type 1 hypervisors. ESXi is free, and Hyper-V is nearly so with Server 2008. Virtualization is cheap. Management and add-on features (vSphere, monitoring, live-migration, SAN hosting, etc.) is where the money is now. – afrazier Jan 27 '11 at 19:18
post it as an answer and i will remove mine. – madmaze Jan 28 '11 at 3:39
iirc there's a free version of hyper-V too – Journeyman Geek Apr 10 '11 at 11:12
@afrazier: Hyper-V Server standalone is also free, just like VMware ESXi, although you do not get all the features without the management software, which is not free, just like vSphere. – paradroid Apr 10 '11 at 11:13
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