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[[Internet hosting service]] companies use hypervisors to provide [[virtual private server]]s. [[Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud|Amazon EC2]] (sincefrom August 2006 to November 2017),<ref name="mtffd">{{Cite web|url=https://aws.amazon.com/es/blogs/aws/amazon_ec2_beta/|title = Amazon EC2 Beta|date = August 25, 2006}}</ref> IBM [[SoftLayer]],<ref name="DzJZj">{{cite web |url=http://cdn.softlayer.com/PS_EC2vsCL.pdf |title=CloudLayer Computing vs. Amazon EC2 |type=PDF |access-date=April 5, 2015 |archive-date=December 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141212111150/http://cdn.softlayer.com/PS_EC2vsCL.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Liquid Web, [[Fujitsu Global Cloud Platform]],<ref name="2eKCP">{{cite web |url=http://m.zdnetasia.com/fujitsu-s-global-cloud-launches-in-aus-62207108.htm |title=Fujitsu's global cloud launches in Aus |publisher=ZDNet Australia |author=Suzanne Tindal |date=February 28, 2011 |access-date=October 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031195924/http://www.zdnet.com/fujitsus-global-cloud-launches-in-aus-1339310379/ |archive-date=October 31, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Linode]], [[OrionVM]]<ref name="WuUIm">{{cite web |url=http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Guest_VM_Images#OrionVM_PV-HVM_Templates |title=Xen Project - Guest VM Images - OrionVM PV-HVM Templates |date=April 1, 2012 |access-date=June 27, 2014}}</ref> and [[Rackspace Cloud]] use Xen as the primary VM hypervisor for their product offerings.<ref name="paGPM">{{cite web |url=http://www.rackspace.com/cloud/cloud_hosting_faq/ |title=Cloud FAQ |publisher=Rackspace.com |date=September 13, 2011 |access-date=October 18, 2012 |archive-date=October 17, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017104345/http://www.rackspace.com/cloud/cloud_hosting_faq/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 
Virtual machine monitors (also known as hypervisors) also often operate on [[Mainframe computer|mainframes]] and large servers running IBM, HP, and other systems.{{Citation needed|date=April 2013}}