This week we learned a lot about workstation virtualization and usage of the cloud. virtualization is using the physical hardware of one physical machine to run several instances of different operating systems. For instance you can be a tech support company that provides support for hundreds of customers, all which use different operating systems like OS X, Linux, or Windows and with the use of virtual machines you can run all three operating systems from one computer and offer support for all customers at one work station with 1 machines versus 3. this method saves electricity and reduces harmful emissions created from the extra machinery and equipment.
using the cloud also has the same effect. The cloud is a place witch no physical location, relative to the user much like the internet. The cloud allows storage to be taken care of by other companies leaving your business to allocate your resources to moving forward with your work and leaving any IT support for your servers to another company which is done at all times in realtime.
The cloud is the beginning of the future. Pretty soon we wont need hardware to run games like a desktop would need a video card restricting the mobility of the game. We will be able to use phones or tablet devices to stream the information that is being handled by the intense hardware from a cloud and be displayed on a very mobile but extremely high resolution display with no latency or lag allowing even the most graphically intense games to be played on an iphone for example.
This technology is just around the corner but i cant wait!
Below is an article that is sure to be an interesting read pertaining to the emergence of this technology:
http://gigaom.com/2011/12/07/onlive-phones-tablet-apps/
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