Computing, Information Systems, Development Informatics & Allied Research Journal Vol. 5 No. 4. October 2014 – www.cisdijournal.net 17 HYPERVISORS AND EMERGING ECONOMIES OF THE WORLD – THE NEXT BIG THING (CASE STUDY) 1 Francis O. Jejelowo Software Test Analyst/IT Security Consultant Optial UK Ltd United Kingdom prof_jfladee@yahoo.co.uk Emmanuel O. Ademola College of Sciences Afe Babalola University Ado Ekiti Nigeria Ekiti State, Nigeria ojo_ademola@hotmail.co.uk 1 Corresponding Author ABSTRACT A Hypervisor is a piece of software that allows a variety of computer machines to run on a single hardware host. That being said, this paper seeks to highlight the place of hypervisors in emerging economies of the world with a view to utilising effective technology and then translating it into economic growth and development without compromising on efficiency, quality, robustness, reliability and performance. Keywords: Hypervisor, Virtualisation, Open Source, Host, Virtual Machine and Operating Systems 1. INTRODUCTION Technology has gone beyond just ensuring efficiency, increased productivity and ensuring ease of life wherever implemented, and to put it more precisely, computer technology has become a big money venture, one that is proving to be a key factor in economic matters and that trend is expected to continue for the foreseeable future without ceasing. Nevertheless, this computer technology concept is what is referred to as Virtualisation, which according to Margaret Rouse is defined ‘as the process of creating logical computing resources from available physical resources. (Rouse, 2012). It is however, hinged on the above assertion virtualisation be adopted in emerging economies of the world as it has proved very vital in the establishment of not just technological advancement, but massive economic growth of developed climes of the world. In addition, VMWare Corporation, a leading outfit in virtualisation technology has this to say about virtualisation: ‘Virtualisation is the single most effective way to reduce IT expenses while boosting efficiency and agility – not just for large enterprises, but for small and midsize businesses too.’ (VMWare, 2014). The interesting thing about the adoption of virtualisation in emerging economies is that there is already an existing template and blueprint with which it can take its cue from with a view to blossoming as expected. At least, it would be somewhat less- experimental and empirical as opposed to what initially obtained in already established and successful economies where computer technology has been implemented and being continually optimally used. There is no end to the huge potentials that this subject portends for emerging economies as these are virgin territories waiting to be explored and tapped into for the huge benefits therein. 2. HYPERVISOR A hypervisor is a program that would enable you to host several different virtual machines on a single hardware. Each one of these virtual machines or operating systems you have will be able to run its own programs, as it will appear that the system has the host hardware’s processor, memory and resources. In reality, however, it is actually the hypervisor that is allocating those resources to the virtual machines. In effect, a hypervisor allows you to have several virtual machines all working optimally on a single piece of computer hardware (Sumastre, 2014). Hypervisor can also be seen as one of many hardware virtualization techniques that allow multiple operating systems, termed guests, to run concurrently on a host computer. In computing, a hypervisor is also known as a Virtual Machine Manager (VMM), and it is aptly named because it is conceptually one level higher than a supervisory program (Roebuck, 2011). Nevertheless, as earlier posited in the Abstract of this paper, Hypervisor is a piece of software that has the capability to host all other computer machines without any conflict or interoperability issues while acting as the host machine. The computer