This week in MIS 340, we conducted our final lab in virtualization. Virtualization is the process of creating pseudo versions of components such as operating systems, servers, storage devices or network resources. Specifically our lab focused on network virtualization which is the “process of combining hardware and software network resources and network functionality into a single, software-based administrative entity”. This was a beneficial exercise because it taught us the true complexity of a network. Virtualization will be a useful tool in the workforce because it “allows administrative tasks to be centralized while improving workload and scalability”.
One example of virtualization being used in the real world can be seen with the AKARI Architecture Design Project. This long term project is focused on designing New Generation Network Architecture and is supported by the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology of Japan. Launched in May 2006, the AKARI Project hopes to construct technologies for new generation by 2015. AKARI will develop network architecture and build a network design based on that architecture. As we continue our careers in MIS it seems virtualization will become a much more explicit and vital practice.
-Tyler Griffin
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