SWsoft–Partitioned Operating Systems are Better for Hosters than Virtual Machines

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 19, 2007

“I had a chance to speak with Douglas Johnson, Director of
Marketing for the Hosting market for SWsoft about the company’s
approach to partitioned operating systems, what the company calls
‘Operating System Virtualization.’ Thanks for taking so much time
discussing SWsoft with me, Doug! During the discussion, Doug spent
some time helping me understand, from SWsoft’s point of view, how
each of the various types of virtual processing technologies fit
and why SWsoft’s Virtuozzo is doing so well in the hosting market.
Here’s a quick review of the different types of processing
virtualization technologies we discussed…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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