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Hardware Support for Virtualization
Modern operating systems and processors permit multiple processes to run simultaneously. If there is no protection mechanism in a processor,…
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e-Governance
Several dimensions and factors influence the definition of e-governance or electronic governance. The word ―electronic‖ in the term e-governance implies…
Cloud Computing 4 min read
Pervasive computing
Ubiquitous computing (pervasive) is a concept in software engineering and computer science where computing is made to appear everywhere and…
Cloud Computing 3 min read
What is cloud storage?
Cloud storage allows you to save data and files in an off-site location that you access either through the public…
Cloud Computing 2 min read
Platform as a service (PaaS)
Platform as a service (PaaS) is a cloud computing offering that provides users with a cloud environment in which they can…
Cloud Computing 3 min read
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) is a form of cloud computing that provides virtualized computing resources over the internet. IaaS is one of…
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Private Cloud and Virtualization
The terms private cloud and virtualization are often used as synonyms. Many companies take the approach that, if they have virtualized their computing resources,…
Cloud Computing 6 min read
What is Private Cloud?
A private cloud is a software-defined data center that combines essential hardware and other computing resources into a unified virtualized unit A private cloud’s layer of…
Cloud Computing 24 min read
VIRTUAL CLUSTERS AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
A physical cluster is a collection of servers (physical machines) interconnected by a physical network such as a LAN. In Chapter 2,…
Cloud Computing 4 min read
I/O Virtualization
I/O virtualization involves managing the routing of I/O requests between virtual devices and the shared physical hardware. At the time…
Cloud Computing 4 min read
Memory Virtualization
Virtual memory virtualization is similar to the virtual memory support provided by modern operating systems. In a traditional execution environment,…
Cloud Computing 4 min read
CPU Virtualization
A VM is a duplicate of an existing computer system in which a majority of the VM instructions are executed…