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Citrix Goes Virtual With Xen Desktop
Blog Citrix is hoping that its Xen Desktop product, which it launched on Monday, will do just that. Xen Desktop takes the model of this distributed endpoint and puts it right into the data centre," according to Calvin Hsu, senior product manager for...
[April 14, 2008, 16:53]
Xen Update Adds Desktops Graphics
News By including what's called a virtual frame buffer, Xen's controlling "host" operating system can capture video data written to a specific part of memory and then send it to the display. Programmers have released a new version of Xen with a graphics...
[December 29, 2006, 8:14]
Novell Updates Suse Virtualisation
News Novell said it is the first company to offer a supported system for Xen virtual machine (VM) guests. Open-source vendors such as Novell and Red Hat have been using Xen and other open-source technologies, including the more recent Kernel-based...
[June 19, 2007, 16:00]
Novell Takes Xen Path To Linux Success
News Initially, Novell will support only SLES 10 in Xen virtual machines. Novell tried to recover from earlier Linux fumbles by releasing major updates on Monday, adding Xen virtualisation software to its enterprise server product and glitzy graphics to...
[July 17, 2006, 17:25]
Novell Introduces Linux Thin Client
News Also included is new software to allow Windows Server 2000/2003/XP to run unmodified in Xen virtual environments using the virtualisation support built into more recent Intel and AMD chips. The main improvement is to virtualisation technology...
[March 20, 2007, 12:42]
Microsoft Virtual Server R2 Ships With Linux Support
News While Microsoft works on that, the likes of VMWare and the Cambridge-based open source project Xen are attempting to establish a foothold. Xen is relatively immature. Microsoft Virtual Server Release 2 has begun shipping to manufacturers and is due...
[November 16, 2005, 12:05]
Installing And Configuring Xen
White Papers This includes an explanation of the method by which Xen can be installed and run within VMware Virtual Machines to provide a flexible and scalable testing environment. This paper provides a detailed account of the procedures involved in the...
[January 7, 2007, 0:00]
Does Virtualisation Stop At The Server?
Blog ZDNet itself has recently reported on the company’s Xen desktop virtualisation product and the comparatively slow uptake of this level of virtual provisioning. Mostly we think of server consolidation, saving data centre costs and all things related...
[July 15, 2008, 12:29]
Linux Brings VMware Into The Fold
News Xen, Microsoft and VMware all are working on software called a hypervisor that governs how those virtual machines get access to the hardware resources. From a high-level design perspective, I think that VMware's point is a good one, and that a...
[April 18, 2006, 11:35]
Fedora Core 6 Revamps Xen Virtualisation
News The biggest change coming with RHEL 5 is Xen, open source virtualisation software that lets multiple operating systems run simultaneously, each in its own separate compartment called a virtual machine.
[October 24, 2006, 16:40]
Virtualisation: The Cure For All Software Installation Ills?
News Xen programmers are currently stabilising their core virtual machine software, but virtual-machine-based installation will happen with Xen, too, predicted Simon Crosby, XenSource co-founder and chief technology officer.
[March 31, 2006, 16:35]
Red Hat Rains On Xen Parade
News Xen, whose development is led by US-based startup XenSource, allows users to run multiple operating systems as guest virtual machines on the same hardware, potentially allowing for greater utilisation of resources.
[July 31, 2006, 13:00]
Linux In The Virtual World
News Virtual Iron has scrapped its own virtualisation software in favour of the open source Xen project. With the upcoming version three of its software, it will let Xen customers manage Xen virtual machines.
[April 3, 2006, 16:40]
Microsoft Holds Fire On Virtualisation Beta Debut
News Both those products use the open-source Xen project. Like Xen, Viridian is a hypervisor, software that runs at a layer between operating systems and the computer's hardware, mediating communications between the two.
[April 13, 2007, 10:37]
Fedora Core 5 review
Reviews A fair amount of work is still required to configure the Xen software and get it working (there’s also a health warning telling you not to be surprised if it 'eats your data, drinks your coffee or makes fun of you in front of your friends!
[March 24, 2006, 12:05]
Red Hat Buys Virtualisation Player Qumranet
News Red Hat's Enterprise Linux 5 operating system already includes integrated virtualisation, based on the widely used, free Xen hypervisor. The lead developer of Xen, XenSource, was bought by Citrix in 2007.
[September 5, 2008, 15:35]
Novell And Red Hat Spat Over Xen
News Xen, primarily developed by US-based start-up XenSource, enables users to run multiple operating systems as guest virtual machines on the same hardware. Novell's chief technology officer, Markus Rex, has hit back at criticism that the company...
[August 14, 2006, 9:25]
Sun Joins The Extended VMware Family
News VMware has been busily assembling cross-industry alliances to protect its leadership in the market for virtual-machine software as it faces up to competition from Microsoft and the open source Xen project.
[August 11, 2005, 14:10]
Ibex Server Features Could Be Key For Canonical
Blog Ibex adds some interesting features to the server version, including the ability to build virtual machines quicker, and better support for virtualisation under Xen and KVM. I don't think it will be possible to make a lot of money, or maybe any...
[October 28, 2008, 15:03]
Ubuntu 'Intrepid Ibex' Due On Thursday
News On the server, 8.10 includes better support for Xen virtualisation, the Landscape console for managing and deploying Ubuntu, software for building customised virtual machines, and support for software-based Raid to protect data on storage systems.
[October 28, 2008, 7:57]
