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

The Cloud and Virtualization

Virtualization has increased its traction and growth with the rise of cloud computing. As organizations began considering the virtualization of their IT processes into cloud-based services, virtualization was perceived as a novel operating model offering economic advantages and alternatives to traditional practices.

Combing virtualization and cloud computing promotes efficient resource utilization and decreased expenditure by housing multiple applications and operating systems on a single server. Thus, virtualization deployments grew in various sectors, as illustrated by these three examples.

Mobile Virtualization

The rapid evolution of mobile device technology and corresponding application development has led to the growth of mobile virtualization. This solution allows users to install several apps while minimizing cost and maintaining security requirements.

Security concerns involving mobile operating systems require mobile virtualization technologies to protect critical data from cyberattacks. This need corresponds with the rise of workplaces implementing BYOD (Bring Your Device), which has driven the worldwide market for mobile virtualization.

Telecom and Network Virtualization

Providing several significant benefits for the telecommunications industry, SDN (Software-defined Networking) and network virtualization resulted in the introduction of NFV (Network Functions Virtualization).

The NFV solution virtualizes and connects service provider network elements to multi-tenant industry-standard servers, storage, and switches. Telecommunications services have made significant investments in NFV due to the advantages the technology offers.

Industrial Automation Virtualization

The virtualization of industrial automation systems signaled the growth of technology in other sectors. Next-generation solutions will continue enabling the virtualization of software-driven industrial automation processes.

This approach addresses the difficulties involving crucial automation equipment, including PLCs (Programmable Logic Controllers) and DCS (Distributed Control Systems), leading to improved virtualization products and services for industrial automation.

The total virtualization of ICS (Industrial Control Systems) is considered an effective approach for attaining decreased capital expenditures, reduction of disruptions, sustained improvement, and extended ICS service life.

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