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And because the software runs in a virtual container, separate from the end user's PC, proponents say it is also be more secure.

rPath's virtual appliance technology solves this problem by combining applications with their operating environments in virtual containers which can be run on any available grid.

The FCD-155 Ethernet-over-SDH/SONET CLE, maps Ethernet traffic into SDH/SONET virtual containers up to full wire speed Fast Ethernet and can reportedly transport additional TDM channels, up to four E1/T1 lines or a single E3/T3 or sub-STM-1 line.

This can be achieved in two ways, either using one pseudo-wire for each Synchronous Payload Envelope / Virtual Container (like STS-3c or STS-12c), as described in RFC4842 (Synchronous Optical Network/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy Circuit Emulation over Packet), or by using multiple pseudo-wires that each transport one T1 or E1, using SAToP (Structure-Agnostic Time Division Multiplexing over Packet), as suggested in RFC 4553, RFC 5086, Y.

And because the software runs in a virtual container, separate from the end user's PC, proponents say it is also be more secure.

But virtualization changes the game because you can start or stop virtual instances on the cloud with no manual intervention, which is not only more cost effective, but also more secure because you can wall off your data in a virtual container, he said.

As a result, customers can quickly and easily move existing physical environments to virtual containers on Solaris 10 and take advantage of the performance, scale and cost savings of new SPARC Enterprise CMT-based servers today.

And because the software runs in a virtual container, separate from the end user's PC, proponents say it is also be more secure.