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Security concerns cloud virtualization deployments

Denise Dubie By Denise Dubie
Server virtualization makes it possible to run multiple applications and operating systems on fewer hardware resources, and it enables IT to provision new resources quickly, based on demand. IT managers, however, worry that the intangible boundaries in virtual environments might not keep out the bad guys bent on exploits such as virtual-machine escapes. Read full story

Senior Editor Denise Dubie covers the technologies, products and services that address network, systems, application and IT service management for Network World. E-mail Denise.


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