Epilogue: The Future of Virtualization
Closing a book of this type is nearly impossible because the nature of virtualization is changing almost daily. VMware is releasing version 3.5 of their premier virtualization product, VMware Virtual Infrastructure, with updates for new hardware and software packages. The virtualization news is full of new add-on products, partnerships, and competing products such as VirtualIron and XenEnterprise Server. There is also news in the security arena; for instance, the Black Hat conference spent many hours discussing how to escape from a VM to the host OS. There currently exists at least one virtualization product for every type of hardware available. The field is changing rapidly.
But let’s look at some specifics. ...
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