More intriguing is an outfit called VCE, which stands for Virtual Computing Environment Company, was founded bye EMC and Cisco, along with VMWare and Intel.
The virtual servers leverage the computing power of the entire infrastructure without necessarily being dependent on any given hardware.
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The performance of a virtual machine, for example, may vary widely, based on the computing taking place on the other virtual machines that are running on the same physical machine.
Gates over the years has won at least 30 patents, including recent ones in areas as diverse as cloud-computing architecture and virtual-reality entertainment.
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If they were then connected with a Nexus switch, the online banking application in New York could pull computing power from virtual servers in Boston during the day and the bill processing application could tap into virtual servers in New York at night.
But you also know far less about what is going on with these virtual assets than you do with the computing that goes on in your data center.
The reluctance to make major technology investments, particularly when baseline technologies may be undergoing fundamental changes, may well lead to a broader adoption of cloud-computing services and other managed virtual environments.
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Through virtual desktop integration, Cisco Cius offers flexible computing options with cloud-based services, providing dramatically lower capital costs and cost-per-user for desktop maintenance.
The resources of those individual machines will then be pooled to create a massive computing "grid, " a virtual computer that is more powerful than the fastest supercomputers.
And if you're among those who have to run a few Windows-only applications at home--where you're a dedicated Mac-lover--in many cases Virtual PC offers a way to keep your feet in two computing worlds.
In addition to dual persona support for Android devices, the Telefonica Cloud Computing catalog helps companies more effectively manage their databases, virtual desktops (PCs) and applications by offering easy to consume cloud-based services.
Smart IT leaders cope with this shortage of generalists by moving to hybrid IT departments that manage cloud computing as well as more traditional IT functions, and that essentially run as virtual internal service providers, drawing on a menu of external managed services as demand requires.
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Respondents were asked about the extent to which their companies take advantage of cloud computing, video conferencing and virtualization technologies, as well as the challenges they face in managing the virtual infrastructure.
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