A new virtual hosting setup can draw spare processing power from handhelds, consoles, and other devices. A new virtual hosting solution has been launched that draws on spare processing power from multiple devices and platforms to reduce the cost of provisioning additional servers.
The service, dubbed Joint Infrastructure Virtualization Enhancement, can draw on unused processing capacity in desktops, laptops, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), mobile phones and even gaming consoles by using the Skeet migration service to stop, break up, migrate, and distribute running applications between servers and devices. PcWorld has more.