Abstract: A method supports secure input/output (I/O) communications between an I/O device and a data processing system via a keyboard, video, and mouse (KVM) switch. An example embodiment includes the operations of establishing a first secure communication channel between the KVM switch and the I/O device and establishing a second secure communication channel between the KVM switch and the data processing system. In addition, I/O data may be received at the KVM switch from the I/O device via the first secure communication channel. In response to receipt of the I/O data from the I/O device, the I/O data may be transmitted from the KVM switch to the data processing system via the second secure communication channel. Embodiments may also include support for non-secure channels between the KVM switch and non-secured I/O devices, non-secured data processing systems, or both.

Abstract: A method of using scavenger grids in a network of virtual computers is disclosed. In one aspect, the present disclosure teaches a method of processing data using scavenger grids in a distributed computing network using virtualized computers including assigning a task to at least one virtual machine hosted via a virtualization client maintained on an information handling system. The method further includes binding an operating system and an application to the at least one virtual machine to perform the task based on the assigned task. The method further includes performing the task via the at least one virtual machine during idle processor cycles in the information handling system.