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Wasm Versus Containers and Virtual Machines

Publisher IDC
Published Dec 21, 2023
Length 5 Pages
SKU # IDC18396013

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Wasm Versus Containers and Virtual Machines


This IDC Market Perspective discusses the impacts of WebAssembly (Wasm) from an infrastructure deployment point of view and its impacts on existing virtual machines (VMs) and containers. It explores the security isolation implications of Wasm and the WebAssembly System Interface (WASI) for server applications."Wasm is an exciting new technology not just for developers but for infrastructure and operations as well. Containers did not make VMs obsolete, and Wasm will not make containers or VMs obsolete, but rather complement them. However, Wasm has potential as a standalone encapsulation technology, but that will require several years to mature and prove," says Gary Chen, research director, Software Defined Compute at IDC.

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5 Pages
Executive Snapshot
New Market Developments and Dynamics
IDC's Point of View
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Related Research
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