Virtual appliance is a new concept derived from the virtual machine monitors world. It is considered a data package that can be electronically distributed. Today, there area free and commercial virtual appliance repositories ...

In order to simplify computer management, several system administrators are adopting advanced techniques to manage software configuration of enterprise computer networks, but the tight coupling between hardware and software ...

In order to simplify computer management, several system administrators are adopting advanced techniques to manage software configuration of enterprise computer networks, but the tight coupling between hardware and software ...

In the current computer environment, the waste of computer resources by poor utilization is often unacceptable. Virtualization shows itself as an effective alternative to a better resources usage by the consolidation of ...

Datacenters in cloud computing systems may consist of thousands of computing nodes and communication devices, requiring virtual machine placement to optimize resources utilization. Heterogeneous environments of current ...

The computational power present in servers today typically is not fully used by its services. Concerns about security have led administrators to designate fewer services for each server, ending up with under-used servers. ...