Deadline: 5 February 2009
Publication date: Articles will run through the
month of March 2009
Editorial contact:features@computerweekly.com
How does a hypervisor work
This article will get under the covers of hypervisor
architecture and will examine the use of API and interrupts
traps.
The design of hypervisor could impact operating systems in the
future. Could OSs be built in such a way that all the hardware,
memory/disc allocation, process scheduling/threading, interrupts
and event/error handling is handled by the Hypervisor, leaving the
OS to provide a robust/secure application programming layer?
We will also cover the history of this kind of emulation such as
in Dos extender technologies like PharLap, as well as the Java,
Basic virtual machines, which run interpreted computer
languages.
Hypervisor practical
Once businesses have piloted virtualisation they usually want to
move up to the next stage with a a production rollout. However the
tools to support hypervisors in a production environment are only
now starting to come to market. This article will look at how to
manage production server virtualisation environments and how you
support business continuity for virtualisation.
The Security Opportunity of virtualisation
Since virtualisation separates the operating system from the
hardware, it provides a layer of protection that could improve IT
security. This article will examine the security benefits of
virtualisation.
The Security Risk of hypervisor products
This article will cover the security holes in hypervisor
products like VMWare and Xen. What are the risks in a hypervisor.
How can an IT department protect the hypervisor. We will provide a
top tips list of how to secure your hypervisor.
Case Studies on virtualisation
We will be presenting a series of server virtualisation case
studies covering different levels of maturity from pilot to
measuring return on investment on a project.