A system for translating between virtual machines, comprising: a network adaptor adapted to be communicatively coupled to a server, the server comprising a first virtual machine having a first format, the network adaptor adapted to receive input in the first format from the server; a memory manager configured to store information from the input and from the translator in a memory module; a first virtual machine manager, and a second virtual machine manager nested with respect to the first virtual machine manager; a translator including a processor unit, the processor unit communicatively coupled to the network adaptor, the translator configured to: identify, from the input from the server, the first format of the first virtual machine; translate the input to an intermediate virtual machine format in order to obtain a second input, the intermediate virtual machine format being a format to which a plurality of virtual machine formats are mapped; generate an output, in a second format of a second virtual machine, based on the second input, the second format being incompatible with the first format, and the first and second formats being comprised in the plurality of virtual machine formats; wherein the system is configured to store at least some of the output in the memory module, and wherein the second virtual machine manager is configured to: characterize the input from the server according to a security requirement by utilizing the second input; and inhibit the memory manager from storing information from the input in the first or second format in the memory module that does not conform to the security requirement. a network adaptor adapted to be communicatively coupled to a server, the server comprising a first virtual machine having a first format, the network adaptor adapted to receive input in the first format from the server; a memory manager configured to store information from the input and from the translator in a memory module; a first virtual machine manager, and a second virtual machine manager nested with respect to the first virtual machine manager; a translator including a processor unit, the processor unit communicatively coupled to the network adaptor, the translator configured to: identify, from the input from the server, the first format of the first virtual machine; translate the input to an intermediate virtual machine format in order to obtain a second input, the intermediate virtual machine format being a format to which a plurality of virtual machine formats are mapped; generate an output, in a second format of a second virtual machine, based on the second input, the second format being incompatible with the first format, and the first and second formats being comprised in the plurality of virtual machine formats; identify, from the input from the server, the first format of the first virtual machine; translate the input to an intermediate virtual machine format in order to obtain a second input, the intermediate virtual machine format being a format to which a plurality of virtual machine formats are mapped; generate an output, in a second format of a second virtual machine, based on the second input, the second format being incompatible with the first format, and the first and second formats being comprised in the plurality of virtual machine formats; wherein the system is configured to store at least some of the output in the memory module, and wherein the second virtual machine manager is configured to: characterize the input from the server according to a security requirement by utilizing the second input; and inhibit the memory manager from storing information from the input in the first or second format in the memory module that does not conform to the security requirement. characterize the input from the server according to a security requirement by utilizing the second input; and inhibit the memory manager from storing information from the input in the first or second format in the memory module that does not conform to the security requirement.