@article{jcsa2014231,
author={{Oludele, Awodele and Ogu, Emmanuel C. and ¡®Shade, Kuyoro and Chinecherem, Umezuruike},
title={On the Evolution of Virtualization and Cloud Computing: A Review},
journal={Journal of Computer Sciences and Applications},
volume={2},
number={3},
pages={40--43},
year={2014},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/jcsa/2/3/1},
issn={2328-725X},
abstract={Cloud computing, the technology that makes it possible for computing resources to be provisioned to clients / subscribers over long distances, as well as its component technology ¨C virtualization, which makes it possible for multiple guest systems to co-reside on a single host machine and share the computing resources of the host, have both become very popular technologies that have witnessed giant improvements in the 21<SUP>st</SUP> century. This is a review paper that presents an overview of the technologies of virtualization and cloud computing, tracing their history and evolution down a timeline to what they have today, and providing pointers to prospects of future advancements to virtualization and cloud computing.},
doi={10.12691/jcsa-2-3-1}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}