The liquefaction of hardware.

The article reports on advances in the field of virtual computer system technology. It focuses on cloud computing and server applications that allow one personal computer to serve as an interface for several distinct virtual computers. The software firms VMWare and Citrix are cited as two examples o...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Economist Vol. 397; no. 8709; pp. 74 - 76
Format:	Article
Published:	Economist Newspaper Limited 11/20/2010
Subjects:	Virtual machine systems VMWare Inc. Citrix Systems Inc. Cloud computing Client/server computing
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	The article reports on advances in the field of virtual computer system technology. It focuses on cloud computing and server applications that allow one personal computer to serve as an interface for several distinct virtual computers. The software firms VMWare and Citrix are cited as two examples of companies which are promoting this approach.