Avastu Blog: Sustainable Global Clouds

Your focus on security on virtualization cannot wane. Should not wane! So pick up your headphones and listen to those podcasts: Demand for these six sessions was so high at RSA® Conference 2007 that we're providing the audio recordings for all to enjoy for free. Please download the session audio files below, and enjoy! Go get'em !

Nice article by Greg @ StanfordSummit... The emergence of the hypervisor looks at this point like the biggest thing in IT since the PC; or the equivalent of the first new operating system in 15 years. By decoupling hardware from the OS it has, in effect, created an entirely new data center OS, an entirely new potential for slicing and dicing processing power into virtual machines that can be created, moved, and erased at the speed of electrons. One of the more subtle outcomes of the hypervisor layer is that the network is now exposed on the server. This is good news and bad news – good in that it allows a new guard post on the servers, which can provide “zone defense” for the VMs without any footprint on the VMs; bad in that it presents a new target that can be exploited by hackers. It has been said that virtualization is changing everything. Security is obviously no exception. Excellent post. Read it here !