Virtualization A brief introduction Virtualization1

Virtualization, definitions “Virtualization is a proven software technology that makes it possible to run multiple operating systems and applications on the same server at the same time. It’s transforming the IT landscape and fundamentally changing the way that people utilize technology.” ation.html ation.html curious-case-of-the-escaping-virtual-machine/ Virtualization2

Benefits of Virtualization Virtualization can increase IT agility, flexibility, and scalability while creating significant cost savings. Workloads get deployed faster, performance and availability increases and operations become automated, resulting in IT that's simpler to manage and less costly to own and operate. Reduce capital and operating costs. Deliver high application availability. Minimize or eliminate downtime. Increase IT productivity, efficiency, agility and responsiveness. Speed and simplify application and resource provisioning. Support business continuity and disaster recovery. Enable centralized management. Build a true Software-Defined Data Center. Source: Virtualization3

Virtualization, some products WMWare Microsoft Hyper-V Oracle VM VirtualBox ndex.html ndex.html Virtualization4

Virtualization vs. cloud computing “… virtualization differs from cloud computing because virtualization is software that manipulates hardware, while cloud computing refers to a service that results from that manipulation.” “The difference is that a true cloud provides self-service capability, elasticity, automated management, scalability and pay-as you go service that is not inherent in virtualization” computing.html Virtualization5