In my first article I introduced the concept of the virtualization journey.Next, I drilled into the main characteristics of cloud computing.Now I’d like to link them together and illustrate how ...

Virtualization is the key to cloud computing, since it is the enabling technology allowing the creation of an intelligent abstraction layer which hides the complexity of underlying hardware or ...

Cloud computing and virtualization are not interchangeable terms, ... Virtualization was created in the 1960s to maximize hardware resources by creating a virtual layer on top of a host or a computer.

I came across an interesting post, Is Virtualization the Same as Cloud Computing?, published by Rajan Chandras. He, in turn, was commenting on an article that equated cloud computing and ...

Bert Armijo, 3Tera's SVP Sales and Marketing, added this comment: Cloud and virtualization are interlinked in much the same way cars and spark plugs are interlinked - they are different layers of ...

Practical App. Understanding Virtualization Classes in Cloud Computing. There are several different approaches to -- or classes of -- virtualization, each suited to their own specific situations.

Virtualization in cloud computing describes the utilization of software solutions to run multiple operating systems on an abstraction layer.

Today, Sun Microsystems has expanded its cloud computing offering with the announced acquisition of Q-layer, a Belgium-based startup company with less than 30 people. As seems typical, the deal ...

More than automation combined with virtualization, the private cloud can tap into enormous efficiencies in network and storage layers Topics Spotlight: Managing modern risks ...

A new layer of software, typically running in a far-off data center, tricks users into thinking they are using a desktop PC like before.