Abstract

Virtualization is not the cloud.There are significant gaps between the capabilities of virtualization and the cloud, if you use virtualization technology to improve utilization of your computing resources, you may have heard that virtualization accomplishes the same goals as cloud computing.Not true.This paper analyzes the benefits of cloud computing, side-by-side with virtualization, and establishes why they are not interchangeable.If you want user empowerment, scalability, and relief from the burdens of maintaining hardware and software yourself, you want the cloud.

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Cloud computing Virtualization Computer science Service virtualization Operating system Data virtualization

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Cloud Computing and Resource Management
Physical Sciences →  Computer Science →  Information Systems

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