Virtualization Gets Real

摘要

The term virtualization refers to the practice of creating, maintaining, and deploying digital counterparts - or virtual versions - of hardware, operating systems, networking environments and storage systems. Constructed largely in software code, these virtual entities have one clear advantage over their physical siblings: They can be remotely accessed from anywhere. One type of virtualization that has been steadily gaining ground in the engineering community is desktop virtualization - duplicating the functions of powerful professional workstations in a virtual environment.