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XenSource Fine-tunes Windows Support
News XenSource has endowed its flagship virtualisation product with better Windows support, the company announced on Monday, but a new version due in June will bring greater changes. XenSource's software today is designed for use on a single server, but...
[April 3, 2007, 8:53]
XenSource Seeks To Emerge From VMware's Shadow
News But VMware's rival XenSource is doing its best to remind companies of its product lineup with the launch of its latest enterprise-class virtualisation product, XenSource Enterprise v4. Launched on Monday, version 4 is offering what XenSource hopes...
[August 15, 2007, 14:15]
Gartner Warns About XenSource
Blog XenSource/Citrix deal could upset the open source community, according to a Gartner analyst. Writing in Computerworld, analyst George Weiss said that the XenSource chief Peter Levine has "to make a concerted effort in order to retain the loyalty of...
[August 21, 2007, 15:43]
All Change At XenSource
News XenSource, a start-up trying to commercialize software that lets several versions of Linux run on the same computer, has chosen a new chief executive and altered its business strategy. Although IBM, Hewlett-Packard and other industry allies are...
[February 15, 2006, 8:15]
Citrix Rebrands Its XenSource Spoils
News Six months after spending $500m (£250m) to buy virtualisation specialists XenSource, Citrix has finished a rebranding exercise to pull together products from both companies under a single identity. In an announcement on Monday to clarify how it...
[February 11, 2008, 15:44]
Ex-XenSource CEO Touts Desktop Virtualisation
News Pano Logic was founded by Nick Gault, previously founding chief executive of XenSource. Whereas XenSource focused largely on servers, Pano Logic's emphasis is on desktop PCs. Virtualisation is an area that is attracting some investment at the...
[August 28, 2007, 11:44]
Citrix Snaps Up XenSource
News Following the listing of VMware on the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, the market for virtualisation software has received another boost with the sale of fellow virtualisation firm XenSource to Citrix Systems.
[August 15, 2007, 16:49]
Ex-Microsoft Exec Joins XenSource
News XenSource, a start-up commercialising the open source Xen virtualisation software, said on Thursday that it has hired Gordon Mangione as senior vice president of product operations. Most recently, Mangione was at Seattle-based venture capital firm...
[September 11, 2006, 12:15]
Introducing XenEnterprise Volume Virtualization Via Next Generation Of Server Virtualization: A XenSource Whitepaper
White Papers The business case for virtualization is based on an industry-wide focus on server consolidation, a need for enhanced flexibility and responsiveness of IT assets, and high availability of critical infrastructure applications.
[March 1, 2008, 0:02]
Xen: The Start-up In Citrix Clothing
News It's been a year since Citrix bought XenSource, the company created by the founders of the Xen open-source hypervisor, and integrated the business into its lineup of products delivering applications to desktops.
[October 29, 2008, 6:47]
Virtualization Using XenEnterprise With Dell PowerEdge Servers And Storage
White Papers Dell PowerEdge servers and storage coupled with XenEnterprise software from XenSource provide a compelling solution to realize a scalable and dynamic virtual datacenter. This paper describes an overview of XenSource's XenEnterprise virtualization...
[June 5, 2007, 1:00]
Virtualization Using XenEnterprise With Dell PowerEdge Servers And Dell OpenManage
White Papers Dell PowerEdge servers and storage coupled with XenEnterprise software from XenSource provide a compelling solution to realize a scalable and dynamic virtual datacenter. This paper describes an overview of XenSource's XenEnterprise virtualization...
[June 5, 2007, 1:00]
A Performance Comparison Of Commercial Hypervisors
White Papers This paper studies the enterprise readiness of hypervisor-based virtualization products from VMware and XenSource. Using the award-winning VMware ESX Server hypervisor as a de-facto industry benchmark for performance and enterprise readiness, this...
[May 18, 2007, 1:00]
Citrix: Why Open Source Virtualisation Goes Up From The Client
Blog A year after buying XenSource, Citrix has evolved its marketing strategy for the Xen open source hypervisor. I had detailed briefings on Xen from Simon Crosby, Citrix CTO and founder of XenSource, and a meeting with Ian Pratt, the Cambridge...
[October 20, 2008, 11:26]
Microsoft: Getting To Grips With Open Source
News Microsoft's recent decision to partner with virtualisation specialist XenSource has added momentum to the notion that it is softening its stance on co-operation with the open source community. Examples include recent partnerships with open source...
[July 20, 2006, 13:35]
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 review
Reviews Production-quality virtualisation based on the XenSource technology is a key selling point of the RHEL 5 release. The much-heralded virtualisation features are based on XenSource technology, which in RHEL 5 provides support for both 'para...
[April 3, 2007, 13:41]
Xen Masters Windows Problems
News Start-up XenSource has succeeded in booting Microsoft Windows on top of Xen software, an important milestone in its effort to commercialise the virtual machine. XenSource said Tuesday it accomplished the feat using an Intel processor equipped with...
[August 24, 2005, 10:25]
Rivals Launch Competing Virtualisation Products
News XenSource and Virtual Iron, two companies trying to profit from adoption of open-source Xen virtualisation software, announced free new versions of their products on Monday. XenSource's release is XenExpress.
[December 12, 2006, 8:42]
Virtualisation Gets A Harder Edge
News In August, VMware, an EMC subsidiary, had a roaring initial public offering, and Citrix Systems bought XenSource for $500m. Companies such as VMware and, more recently, XenSource, first made their names with standalone virtualisation software that...
[September 10, 2007, 16:54]
