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- Debut of Hyper-V, departure of Gates usher in new era for Microsoft
- Given the importance of virtualization to the future of the operating system, it seems fitting that Hyper-V shipped on the the same day Bill Gates exited the Windows company. It is truly a new era for Microsoft. Who could have envisioned five years ago that a Microsoft platform would openly...
- Tags: Hypervisor, Microsoft Corp., XenSource Inc., Hyper-V, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-06-26
- Citrix rebrands its XenSource spoils
- Citrix rebrands its XenSource spoilsJust remember...XenSource is NOT [url=http://xen.org/about/]Xen[/url]RE: Citrix rebrands its XenSource spoilsOh crap we were just getting the budget for 6 servers to run presentation server 4.5 to replace the old metaframes. we'll have to change the documentation build and support notes {:-(
- Tags: XenSource Inc., Citrix Systems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-11
- Citrix strays far from XenSource's original open source mission
- Citrix strays far from XenSource's original open source missionThankfully, XenSource is NOT Xen[url=http://www.xen.org/about/]FYI[/url]Interestingly Zen is not XenIn Novemenber of 2006 the Microsoft Novell marriage forced many of us to re-evaluate where we were going in IT. Zen is one of the Novell products. Another is SUSE Linux which is a...
- Tags: Zen, Xen Project, Citrix Systems Inc., Xen, XenSource Inc., XenServer, open source
- Discussion threads 2008-02-07
- Citrix strays far from XenSource's original open source mission
- In 2005, hot new startup XenSource was positioning itself as the open source alternative to VMware and Microsoft Virtual Server. Then came a controversial pact in 2006 between the powers that be at the Palo Alto virtualization software company and Microsoft. The mail goal, XenSource executives...
- Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Xen, XenSource Inc., Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Open Source, Hardware, Storage, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-02-07
- Citrix moves to integrate XenSource's technology
- Now that Citrix has completed its acquistion of XenSource, one would expect an announcement in which the company tried to put all the pieces together into an integrated story. Can you guess what the company just did? Right, presented an integrated story. Since the two companies worked together in the...
- Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Pricing Strategy, XenSource Inc., Citrix Delivery Center Product Family, Citrix Workflow Studio, Tech Preview, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-02-07
- Microsoft, Citrix virtual machine software announcements
- Both Microsoft and Citrix/XenSource made important announcements January 21. Since they've been widely reported, I'd rather not cite the details. I'd rather consider what this really means. Microsoft Microsoft made a sweeping announcement that indicated that they changing their licensing rules for the Windows operating system and making...
- Tags: Software, Citrix Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Announcement, Virtual Machine, XenSource Inc., Data Management, Productivity, Open Source, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-01-22
- XenSource: Xen hypervisor made for servers, not OS
- In spite of its close partnership with Microsoft, Red Hat and Novell, XenSource's CTO maintains the virtualization hypervisor belongs in server hardware -- not in the operating system. Speaking at Interop in New York, XenSource CTO Simon Crosby said the slim, trim Xen...
- Tags: Hypervisor, Operating System, Citrix Systems Inc., OEM, Server, Xen, XenSource Inc., Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2007-10-24
- BriefingsDirect SOA Insights analysts on virtualization trends and role of IT operations efficiency for SOA
- Read a full transcript. The latest BriefingsDirect SOA Insights Edition, Vol. 24, provides a roundtable discussion and dissection of Services Oriented Architecture SOA-related news and events, with a panel of IT analysts. In this episode, our experts examine virtualization trends through the acquisition this summer of XenSource...
- Tags: Information Technology, Environment, Opsware Inc., Citrix Systems Inc., SOA, Microsoft Corp., Service, XenSource Inc., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Storage, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2007-10-17
- Embedded virtual machine software
- On September 5th, XenSource announced an embeddable version of their open source hypervisor. Here's a pointer to XenSource's press release. I posted something on that announcement in XenSource Announces XenExpressâ„¢ OEM Edition. At that time, I could see many ways that this technology would make it easier for both suppliers...
- Tags: Software, Hypervisor, Virtual Machine, XenSource Inc., Virtualization, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2007-09-21
- Microsoft's virtualization hypervisor needs Red Hat support, too
- Microsoft and Novell announced today the opening of a 2,500 square foot lab in Cambridge, Mass. where engineers from both companies will code and test interoperability of their respective virtualization technologies. The news comes a day after Microsoft announced imminent availability of the first test version...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Linux, Hypervisor, Virtualization, Red Hat Inc., Open Source, Citrix Systems Inc., Xen, Microsoft Corp., XenSource Inc., Dana, Viridian APIs Microsoft, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2007-09-12
- Citrix' strategy is your moment of Xen
- John Bara,vice president of marketing for XenSource, isn't afraid to admit that Citrix' new strategy includes more than just a single moment of Xen. John called soon after introducing XenSource OEM edition, which he called a key to making virtualization into a standard PC capability over the...
- Tags: Strategy, Citrix Systems Inc., Xen, VMware Inc., XenSource Inc., Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-09-11
- XenSource Announces XenExpressâ„¢ OEM Edition
- XenSource Announces XenExpressâ„¢ OEM EditionClarificationYour first paragraph says that XenSource has been busy with announcements since its acquisition by Citrix. You imply that the acquisition is what spurred all these exciting developments from XenSource.In fact, not counting the Citrix acquisition announcement itself, XenSource made a major announcement the week...
- Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate law, XenSource Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-09-06
- XenSource Announces XenExpressâ„¢ OEM Edition
- XenSource has been really busy since the announcement of its acquisition by Citrix Systems. It seems that the company has come forward with quite a few interesting announcements. Here's another one. This time, the focus is on making virtual machine technology pervasive in the world of industry standard systems. To...
- Tags: Hypervisor, Virtualization, OEM, Product, Server, Xen, Manufacturer, Virtual Machine, XenSource Inc., Edition, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2007-09-06
- Podcast: SCO's nosedive, XenSource's new home, Twitter and more...
- Podcast: SCO's nosedive, XenSource's new home, Twitter and more...Not cool for hearing impaired peopleOne might think podcasting is cool. But definitely not if the recipients are hearing impaired. They are the one being discriminated in the world of podcasting.Add the time-impaired tooPodcasts may be fine if you want a "show"...
- Tags: Podcasts, podcast, SCO Group Inc., Twitter, XenSource Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-08-22
- Citrix makes bold virtualization move with XenSource acquisition, muddies waters with Microsoft
- Citrix Systems Inc. today roared full throttle into the ever-expanding desktop virtualization arena, when it announced its intention to acquire XenSource, Inc. of Palo Alto, Calif. The news comes right on the heels of VMWare's huge IPO pop. The $500-million acquisition will provide the Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Citrix with a...
- Tags: Desktop, Acquisition, Virtualization, Citrix Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., XenSource Inc., Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2007-08-20
- Citrix blows half a billion on XenSource
- Citrix blows half a billion on XenSourceMS doesn't need to compete on thisWhy would MS want to compete on this, companies that use Citrix are still required to buy MS terminal services licenses and Citrix licenses on top of it. Companies do so because of the added value that...
- Tags: XenSource Inc., Citrix Systems Inc., gunk, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-08-17
- Will XenSource-Citrix Deal Hurt Xen, Open Source?
- Will XenSource-Citrix Deal Hurt Xen, Open Source?Open Innovation...I guess I see this not as FLOSS projects/companies being made more closed, but traditionally closed companies recognizing that they need to become more open. Yes, this is a "mixed source" environment, but when you add up the mixture you are now...
- Tags: Even Microsoft, FLOSS, Xen, Xen open source, XenSource Inc., Citrix Systems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-08-17
- Will XenSource-Citrix Deal Hurt Xen, Open Source?
- Citrix's $500 million buyout of XenSource is a brilliant strategic move that will enable the Ft. Lauderdale, Fl. software company --and its powerful close ally, Microsoft -- to steal market share from virtualization software kingpin VMware. The deal, announced this week presumably to coincide with VMware's star-studded IPO, essentially unifies...
- Tags: Software, Open Source, Software Company, Citrix Systems Inc., Xen, XenSource Inc., Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2007-08-16
- Virtualization cashes out
- Is this the ground floor or the penthouse for the open source virtualization market?The two biggest virtualization software suppliers, VMWare and XenSource, cashed out yesterday in different ways.VMWare did it by going public, XenSource by being acquired.Citrix is the new owner of XenSource. They paid $500 million. Imagine, $500 million for...
- Tags: Virtualization, VMware Inc., XenSource Inc., Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-08-16
- Citrix blows half a billion on XenSource
- Citrix announced yesterday the acquisition of XenSource, the company that commercializes the open source Xen virtualization software. The deal will let it incorporate Xen into its own proprietary commercial products. In theory the combination is a great idea, but in practice, Citrix will likely remain a niche player in the...
- Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., XenSource Inc., Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2007-08-16
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