Virtualization: Blessing or Curse?

The article examines the potential benefits and detriments of virtualization. While it has been championed as a solution to numerous computing problems, including data-center optimization and carbon emission reduction, the author attests that there are hidden costs inherent in virtualization, stemmi...

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Published in:	Communications of the ACM Vol. 54; no. 1; pp. 61 - 66
Main Author:	KOTSOVINOS, EVANGELOS
Format:	Article
Published:	Association for Computing Machinery Jan2011
Subjects:	Virtual machine systems Computer systems management Client/server computing Cost effectiveness Enterprise application integration (Computer systems) Computer system conversion
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost