Virtualization Techniques for Secure Cloud Architectures: An Analysis of Risks and Countermeasures

This is a fascinating perspective that is simplifying the way consumers engage with computing and related functions. The structure of the cloud is not something that one may describe as a start; however, it was working on a different technology that was based on the many services that it offered. It also has application software for the users to access for such tasks as word processing. Additionally, cloud computing allows customers to take advantage of cloud computing infrastructure by designing and deploying their applications on the cloud. It is capable of providing resilient distributed file system storage designed for storing data that usually gets dispersed across various geographic regions. Virtualization technology is one of the core offerings provided when one is using the cloud. The concept is the ability of physical servers to host multiple virtual machines. This has worked well and has been of great benefit to the users while on the cloud. In this essay, a review of the evidence from the existing research literature on cloud virtualization is provided. This investigation was performed through a literature review of some related works on cloud virtualization. Some of the literature reviews done were undertaken in a credible manner. This paper identifies the present conditions of cloud virtualization trends and assists in the directions of subsequent studies. The main focus of this work is to pose the following question: what is new and how is the cloud virtualization developing? The reviewed works include journal publications and conferences as well as white papers and magazines that have published good works. Therefore, at the end of this review, the trends in cloud virtualization as discussed should have been able to come out. This will be of help to the potential user and even the cloud providers.