Effectively addressing difficult challenges facing hardware and infrastructure, virtualization has made significant advances and has transformed the management and execution of time-consuming tasks.

Virtualization refers to creating virtual versions of software and processes involving network resources, operating systems, servers, and storage devices.

Virtualization emulates and simulates a machine’s or process’s functions in an identical form. Thus, the virtual version performs the same as the original system, retaining all of its features.

Rise of Virtualization

Previously established IT processes depended on costly and insufficient hardware, including servers, to carry out computing tasks, leading to the need for virtualization. Hardware eventually became less expensive, and the focus shifted to applications that could function in virtualized environments.

Moreover, there was a transition from emphasizing computers and computing to ensuring information availability, leading to the evolution of a mobile and wireless system that promoted the demand for virtualization.

Basics of Virtualization

Depending on the business and technical requirements, consultations for virtualization services may be categorized into several main aspects, as listed below.

• Application
• Desktop
• Hardware
• Network
• Operating System
• Server

Virtualization is typically perceived as software and hardware engineering collaboration that creates VMs (virtual machines).

Only a single OS (operating system) can function while using the resources of a hardware system when VMs are absent. In contrast, several multiple operating systems can each function on its virtual machine while sharing the hardware of a single physical platform such as a computer or server.

Part 2 will discuss Cloud and Virtualization, Mobile Virtualization, Telecom and Network Virtualization, and Industrial Automation Virtualization.

Alpha Business Support

Choosing an expert computer technical support provider is important for your business. Alpha has been a trusted partner of many companies in the Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and Annapolis areas since 1990 and offer:

• 24/7 Managed Services for Business Computing Systems

• Network and Mobile Computing Support

• Disaster Recovery Planning

• Software Development

For affordable client-focused network consulting services and solutions, please call Alpha today at (410) 295-9500.