Challenges in real-time virtualization and predictable cloud computing

Cloud computing and virtualization technology have revolutionized general-purpose computing applications in the past decade. The cloud paradigm offers advantages through reduction of operation costs, server consolidation, flexible system configuration and elastic resource provisioning. However, despite the success of cloud computing for general-purpose computing, existing cloud computing and virtualization technology face tremendous challenges in supporting emerging soft real-time applications such as online video streaming, cloud-based gaming, and telecommunication management. These applications demand real-time performance in open, shared and virtualized computing environments. This paper identifies the technical challenges in supporting real-time applications in the cloud, surveys recent advancement in real-time virtualization and cloud computing technology, and offers research directions to enable cloud-based real-time applications in the future

Secure Virtualization and Multicore Platforms State-of-the-Art report

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Virtualization Technologies in Information Systems Education

Information systems educators must balance the need to protect the stability, availability, and security of computer laboratories with the learning objectives of various courses. In advanced courses where students need to install, configure, and otherwise manipulate application and operating system settings, this is especially problematic as these activities threaten the stability of workstations and security of networks. Virtualization platforms offer the capability to integrate advanced topics into courses in a way that gives students control so that they can perform hands-on activities that would be infeasible on shared physical computers. This paper introduces virtualization technologies, discusses the use of desktop virtualization in a business information systems security course, outlines some challenges and limitations of virtualization, and enumerates additional opportunities and benefits of virtual technologies