Virtual Computing With Parallels Desktop

摘要

Why is virtualteation becoming the new industry buzzword? It's certainly not new. IBM has been developing virtual machine systems since the mid-1960's when they virtualized server memory. In the mid-1980s, we saw CPU and I/O virtualization and the 1990s brought the technology to open (Unix based) systems. Cluster and grid computing have long provided resource virtualization solutions. Linux distributions such as Novell, Redhat and Sun are embedding the Xen VM (virtual machine) monitor into their enterprise server editions. With Microsoft also entering the virtualization arena with its acquisition of Softricity and partnership with Xen through Xensource, the market is heating up with new possibilities and choices.