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Virtualization and Cloud Computing: Business Models in the Virtual Cloud

Virtualization and Cloud Computing: Business Models in the Virtual Cloud

Chaka Chaka
Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 15
ISBN13: 9781466625334|ISBN10: 1466625333|EISBN13: 9781466625341
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2533-4.ch009
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Chaka, Chaka. "Virtualization and Cloud Computing: Business Models in the Virtual Cloud." Distributed Computing Innovations for Business, Engineering, and Science, edited by Alfred Waising Loo, IGI Global, 2013, pp. 176-190. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2533-4.ch009

APA

Chaka, C. (2013). Virtualization and Cloud Computing: Business Models in the Virtual Cloud. In A. Loo (Ed.), Distributed Computing Innovations for Business, Engineering, and Science (pp. 176-190). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2533-4.ch009

Chicago

Chaka, Chaka. "Virtualization and Cloud Computing: Business Models in the Virtual Cloud." In Distributed Computing Innovations for Business, Engineering, and Science, edited by Alfred Waising Loo, 176-190. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2533-4.ch009

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Abstract

This chapter explores the interface between virtualization and cloud computing for global enterprise mobility. It also investigates the potential both virtualization and cloud computing hold for global enterprises. In this context, it argues that the virtualization of computing operations, applications, and services and the consumerization of digital technologies serve as one of the key drivers of cloud computing. Against this backdrop, the chapter first provides an overview of virtualization, consumerization, and cloud computing. Second, it showcases real life instances in which five enterprises leverage virtualization and cloud computing as part of their cloud business solutions. Third, it outlines some of the hollows and pain points characterizing cloud computing. Fourth and last, the chapter briefly presents possible future trends likely to typify cloud computing.

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