One of the fundamental benefits of virtualization is the enhanced security that it offers, according to an expert.
Mark Hermeling, senior product manager for multicore and virtualization at Wind River, has claimed making a system more secure is a key advantage of the technology.
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He explained in a column for Electronics Weekly that the operation of applications like access control in one single machine means other software programs can be added without any compromise.
"This is increasingly important with industrial and embedded systems having more and more network links that could otherwise leave the system open to attack," he outlined.
He added that the use of virtualization also offers firm a great opportunity to look to the future and consider how they can prepare their architecture for upcoming trends in the IT world.
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Computing giant IBM recently launched new virtualization security software which is designed to protect such IT environments.