Virtualization: A Manager’s Guide – O’Reilly Media

Virtualization: A Manager’s Guide – O’Reilly Media

dmoz.org lists VirtualBox et al. just as Computers: Emulators: Intel x86 Architecture.
They show this in “see also”: Computers: Software: Operating Systems: x86.

The author: Dan Kusnetzky.

From the TOC:

1. A Model of Virtualization (the Kusnetzky Group model of virtualization)
2. Access Virtualization: Providing Universal Access
3. Application Virtualization: Application Isolation, Delivery and Performance
4. Processing Virtualization: Doing System Tricks // Oracle’s VirtualBox goes here
5. Network Virtualization: Controlling the View of the Network
6. Storage Virtualization: Where Are Your Files and Applications?
7. Security for Virtual Environments: Guarding the Treasure
8. Management for Virtual Environments
9. Using Virtualization: The Right Tool for the Job

Very, very interesting reading!

Will be a good source for clarifying, what kind of virtualization is actually meant under certain circumstances. Very good reference material!