Introduction to Virtualization: Environments, Research, and Education Minitrack

Virtualization has undergone a revitalization over the past decade due to increased system performance and the support for virtualization in commodity hardware. Industry is adopting virtualization to reduce operating costs and improve reliability. Academia is looking to improve experiential learning opportunities and building scalable computer laboratories. The resulting "race to the cloud" has brought to light some of the challenges associated with virtualization. This minitrack includes 3 papers that cover a range of virtualization topics, and a panel/open-forum.