11. Visions of the Future: Virtualization and Cloud Computing

INFORMATION IN THIS CHAPTER Future of Virtualization The Evolving Cloud Autonomic Computing

In this book, we’ve looked closely at all elements and variations of virtualization as they exist today. In this chapter, we will look forward and outline some of the trends that are emerging to shape virtualization and cloud computing in the future. When looking at trends and the future, it’s always best to remember that there is an art to the science and that predictions are at best “trajectories,” a general direction in which something is moving as opposed to hard and fast information.