CHAPTER 18Virtualization: Objective 3.1: Explain the purpose of operating systems

The world of enterprise computing has changed dramatically over the years, and the advent of virtualization is one of those transformative changes and is the driving force behind cloud computing infrastructure.

In this chapter, you'll learn everything you need to know about the last remaining subtopic of ITF+ objective 3.1:

  • Hypervisors

The remainder of objective 3.1 was covered in Chapter 17, “Operating Systems.”

VIRTUALIZATION

It was only a few decades ago that enterprise computing was confined to the world of the data center and its mainframe. Dozens of computing professionals carefully tended to this very valuable resource that served as the organization's ...

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