Assignment: Virtualization
Requirements:
Virtualization offers organizations these benefits:
i. Savings on infrastructure and support costs.
ii. Fast recovery of information systems in the event of an equipment mishap.
iii. New opportunities for disaster recovery and business continuity.
In addition to examining these virtualization benefits in this assignment, you will also examine challenges associated with virtualization. Specifically, you will write a 2 to 3 pages paper in which you:
i. Define virtualization.
ii. Justify the need for organizations to use virtualization.
iii. Evaluate two virtual technologies/solutions.
iv. Determine alternatives to virtualization.
v. Research security risks associated with virtualization and potential countermeasures.
vi. Locate and integrate at least three quality, peer-reviewed academic resources written within the past five years into the assignment.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.