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Xen.org: Stop the forking. Forrester: About time: Xen.org, the open source community behind the leading IaaS cloud computing hypervisor finally made a bold move today by stepping up to the plate of delivering a complete open source virtual infrastructure for cloud platforms. Prior to this release, Xen.org had been content to manage and maintain the core Xen...; Tags: Hypervisor, Xen, About Time Inc., Forrester Research Inc., Xen.org, Linux, Virtualization, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, James Staten; Blog posts 2009-08-31
Geek Sheet: Virtualizing Free Linux Distributions in Windows Server 2008 R2: cool.......:)ntAnd why Jason would anyone in their right mind want to do this?ntFor the same reasons...You'd do it in VMWare. The difference is that this solution is free. You want live migration or anything else VMWare does you'll have to pay for it. Hyper-V is an excellent hypervisor.Would you run...; Tags: Virtualization, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Server, Xen, hypervisor, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, Linux, open source, Microsoft Windows Server 2008; Discussion threads 2009-08-09
Red Hat's KVM-based virtualization platform moves into beta testing: It was a big day for Xen and a big day for the other open source virtualizatio hypervisor as well. Red Hat's KVM-based virtualization platform -- including a standalone hypervisor,Ã‚Â virtualization manager for servers and virtualization manager for the desktop -- moved into beta testing on Tuesday....; Tags: Hypervisor, Red Hat Inc., Xen, KVM, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Open Source, Hardware, Storage, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2009-06-16
Oracle enhances VM management with Virtual Iron acquisition: The rumors are true. Oracle has finally announced that its intent to acquire Virtual Iron for its virtual server management capabilities. It's a nice fit for Oracle, which has its own Xen-based virtualization platform called Oracle VM. Up until now, Virtual Iron has been selling its management...; Tags: Acquisition, Oracle Corp., Xen, Virtual Iron, Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Servers, Storage, James Staten; Blog posts 2009-05-13
Citrix dazzles market -- and Microsoft -- with new Xen products: Citrix is putting some dazzle into its expanding virtualization and application delivery software portfolio -- and its relationship with Microsoft. At its annual conference known as Synergy 2009, the Ft Lauderdale, Fl company launched a series of new products and upgrades of its Xen virtualization software and...; Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Xen, Microsoft Corp., Citrix Receiver Receiver, HDX Technology, Citrix XenServer 5.5 XenServer 5.5, Storage Integration Capability, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2009-05-05

Citrix ships free XenServer to fend off Vmware, Hyper-V and KVM: In a move designed to accelerate uptake of its open source virtualization platform, Citrix announced today worldwide availability of its free enterprise ready open source XenServer. The Ft Lauderdale company announced it February it would make XenServer software with hypervisor as well as features and functionality and...; Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Xen, VMware Inc., Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, XenServer, KVM, Open Source, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2009-03-30
Red Hat's KVM play should give Citrix and VMware pause: When I heard last week that Microsoft and Red Hat would cooperate on Xen virtualization, I knew the Linux leader's long awaited KVM strategy would be right around the corner. It's no secret that Red Hat has chosen KVM in the Linux kernel over Xen as...; Tags: Red Hat Inc., Citrix Systems Inc., Xen, VMware Inc., KVM, Virtualization, Linux, Open Source, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Storage, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2009-02-24
Parallels' Serguei Beloussov speaks out on free XenServer: Parallels' CEO, Serguei Beloussov, has published his opinion regarding Citrix's recent announcement that they were making a free edition of XenServer available see Citrix launches a free version of XenServer and Citrix Essentials for more information. Let's hear what he has to say and review his comments. Here's what...; Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Xen, XenServer, Parallels, Virtualization, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2009-02-24
Red Hat and Citrix ratchet up open source virtualization relevancy: The open source hypervisor landscape got a lot more interesting today after the latest announcements from Red Hat and Citrix. Both were shots across the bow of VMwareÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s juggernaut, but Red HatÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s volley may have overshot and struck Xen.org in the stern. Citrix, the flag bearer for...; Tags: Hypervisor, Red Hat Inc., Open Source, Citrix Systems Inc., Xen, KVM, Virtualization, Hardware, James Staten; Blog posts 2009-02-23
Citrix, Intel developing open source Xen desktop hypervisor: Citrix's promised Xen-based desktop virtualization solution will be delivered in the second half of 2009. Earlier this week, the Ft Lauderdale virtualization company announced that it is co-developing the solution, known as "Project Independence," in collaboration with Intel, one of the original investors in the Xen open...; Tags: Solution, Hypervisor, Desktop Virtualization, Open Source, Citrix Systems Inc., Xen, Intel Corp., Desktop Assembly Platform, Desktops, Hardware, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2009-01-23
I want an iPhoneStormDroid: I want an iPhoneStormDroidUmm, Xen's been doing this for over a year...The Xen hypervisor has been shown on a future Samsung PDA prototype doing exactly this for a long time - about a year and a half. Great to see Wind River finally catch on, but notice how the...; Tags: Keyboards, Operating systems, Xen Hypervisor, operating system, Apple iPhone, crashe, iPhoneStormDroid, keyboard, HTC Touch Pro, Wind River Systems Inc., phone, HTC Touch, High Tech Computer Corp., Xen; Discussion threads 2008-11-25
Xen engine 3.3 released: On August 27th, the Xen engine version 3.3 was released on Xen.org, the site that houses the open source Xen project. In the words of the organization, "Xen 3.3 includes enhancements that further advance its position as a fast, scalable, secure virtualization engine for the industryÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s broadest range of server...; Tags: Xen, Virtual Machine, Xen Client Initiative, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-09-03
The magic commoditizing virtual machine manager: I recently noticed VMware's second free hypervisor, a commentary by Gordon Haff of CNET (one of ZDnet's sister companies). He offered an interesting analysis of VMware's recent move to make it's embedded ESX Server available at no charge starting on July 28. I'd like to add a few thoughts of...; Tags: Revenue, Xen, VMware Inc., Virtual Machine, Desktop Virtualization, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-28
If Xen and KVM are free, why do VMware and Microsoft get all of the press?: If Xen and KVM are free, why do VMware and Microsoft get all of the press?Different goals, maybe. Similar imperatives, yes.While the open source community is driven by solving mutual problems and then making the solutions available to everyone, if open source communities hope to make inroads into large organizations,...; Tags: Desktops, Xen, VMware Inc., open-source community, open source, Microsoft Corp., Hyper-V; Discussion threads 2008-07-25
If Xen and KVM are free, why do VMware and Microsoft get all of the press?: Xen and KVM, like other virtualization tools, can be used as part of a comprehensive datacenter architecture. One of the most important value propositions offered by both of these tools is low initial cost (read "free"). Depending upon the implementation (Citrix, Red Hat, SUSE, Virtual Iron, Oracle, Sun, Qumranet, etc.)...; Tags: Red Hat Inc., Xen, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Tool, Comprehension, Productivity, Data Centers, Open Source, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Citrix and Xen not versus Xen: Citrix and Xen not versus XenOverpriced addonsThey collude with MS for insane profits.; Tags: Xen, Citrix Systems Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-07-17
Citrix and Xen not versus Xen: Simon Crosby, CTO of CitrixÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Virtualization Management group, contacted me after reading the post, Citrix versus the Xen community, to clear up some misconceptions that he thought were the basis of my post. After reading his message, it's clear that what he had to say was very persuasive. Thanks Simon...; Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Xen, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-17
Citrix versus the Xen community: Citrix versus the Xen communitySomebody set up us the bomb.What is Citrix going to do? Take their ball and go home?Whether or not any part of the hypothesis in the article accurately reflects reality but it does sound just about right, this is some fairly odd behavior from Citrix. Interesting...; Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Xen; Discussion threads 2008-07-15
Citrix versus the Xen community: As the virtual machine software competition heats up, one would expect representatives of each of the suppliers to take shots at one another in the media. I've seen a recent example of this.Two of the proponents of Xen, Citrix and Virtual Iron, appear to be having at it in the...; Tags: Community, Citrix Systems Inc., Xen, VMware Inc., Technology, Virtual Machine, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-15
Red Hat's PV drivers boosts performance of Windows, older Linux guests on Xen-based RHEL 5: Red Hat has significantly sped up the performance of Windows and Linux guests running on its Xen-based Red Hat Enterprise 5 platform. The Raleigh, NC software company released on May 20 paravirtualized drivers that significantly improve the performance of older Red Hat Enterprise 3 and 4 workloads...; Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Linux, Performance, Red Hat Inc., Photovoltaics, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Xen, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-05-29