ServerWatch: The Importance of Hypervisors

"Hypervisors are like podcasts. A year ago, only the specialists knew what they were. Now, they are mainstream terms encountered daily in the specialist press and overheard while waiting for a latte at Starbucks.

"That's because virtualization has hit the mainstream, and no conversation about virtualization is complete without mentioning the h-word, preferably also slipping in references to 'bare-metal' whenever possible..."

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