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# White Papers

[Download](https://storage.googleapis.com/dp-assets/nanovms_in_depth.pdf)

### NanoVMs in Depth

Security issues remain a key challenge in cloud adoption while the ever increasing need for more
software drives cost and complexity up. Unikernels are widely acknowledged as the future of cloud
infrastructure yet they remain inaccessible to most organizations.

### Ready for the future cloud?

Of course you are - otherwise you wouldn't be reading this. Want to see a real live remote root
exploit stopped in its tracks while Google, Amazon, OpenStack and others eagerly allow jerks to
steal your company's data? Ever seen a thousand VMs running on one server? Ready to see the future?