Cloud-based Solutions

In IT, “virtualization” most often means server virtualization — in which one physical server acts as host to several virtual servers, each of which runs on a layer of software called a hypervisor whose job it is to parcel out storage, memory and other computing resources while making each virtual server believe it is running by itself on a standalone computer.

Cloud computing takes that abstraction one further step. Rather than making one server appear to be several, it makes an entire data center’s worth of servers, networking devices, systems management, security, storage, and other infrastructure, look like a single computer or even a single screen.