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Acronis does virtual server backups
Data protection specialist Acronis has jumped on the virtualization bandwagon with a new product targeted at handling data backups of both physical and virtual servers. For the uninitiated, The Register has this to say: Acronis has more than three million customers - most of them running...
Tags: Virtual Server, Acronis, XenSource Inc., True Image Echo, Backups, Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Hardware, Servers, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2007-09-18
Citrix to acquire XenSource in deal worth $500 million
XenSource, whose founders helped develop the open-source Xen hypervisor, will be acquired by Citrix Systems in a $500 million deal. The acquisition announcement, just yesterday, comes hot on the heel of VMware's IPO of 33 million shares. (TechRepublic Blogs: VMware comes of age in IPO) The...
Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., VMware Inc., XenSource Inc., Virtualization, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, IPO, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Research & Development, Hardware, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Financial Services, Storage, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2007-08-15
XenSource Case Study: KBC Clearing
KBC Clearing, a subsidiary of the Belgian financial services company KBC, is a leading financial services institution in Europe. The company needed to re-locate their data center, which had 40 servers, with reduced complexity and wanted to ease management issues as a result of server sprawl. KBC Clearing evaluated several...
Tags: XenSource Inc., Virtualization, Data Centers, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Financial Planning, Servers, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Finance
Case studies 2007-05-09
Consolidate Windows Now With Next Generation Server Virtualization
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. While hardware savings has been thought a primary driver for server consolidation in the past, the primary savings are...
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Server Virtualization, XenSource Inc., Server Consolidation, Servers, Hardware
White papers 2007-04-03
Citrix to acquire XenSource in deal worth $500 million
Does this announcement affect your virtualization plans in any way?Already committed...We've already chosen, and implemented, VMWare. If anything, this will produce additional incentive for VMWare to continue being at the fore in VM development.
Tags: paulmah@..., XenSource Inc., Citrix Systems Inc.
Discussion threads 2007-08-15
Performance Comparison of Commercial Hypervisors
IT infrastructure virtualization, and in particular server virtualization, has become a primary consideration for all IT managers and CIOs because of the tremendous financial benefits that it delivers through reduced server count, power savings, automated management of data center resources, and because it simplifies the delivery of high availability, disaster...
Tags: Hypervisor, Data Center, Performance, Server, VMware Inc., XenSource Inc., Data Centers, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
White papers 2007-03-15
A Performance Comparison of Commercial Hypervisors
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 paper present comparative results from an assessment of XenSource's XenServer virtualization product family using industry standard benchmarks for...
Tags: Hypervisor, Performance, XenSource Inc., Virtualization, Performance Management, Hardware, Human Resources, Workforce Management
White papers 2007-03-05
Introducing XenEnterprise Volume Virtualization Via Next Generation of Server Virtualization: A XenSource Whitepaper
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. But in spite of an impressive growth rate, server virtualization has yet to become main stream. Today's proprietary virtualization...
Tags: XenSource Inc., Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware, Storage
White papers 2006-11-29
XenSource XenEnterprise 3.1 Hardware Assisted Server Virtualization Software - Introduction and Installation for HP ProLiant Servers
XenSource XenEnterprise 3.1 software enables the consolidation of multiple operating systems onto a single physical HP ProLiant server. It supports Linux and Microsoft Windows unmodified operating systems as well as virtualization-ready Linux operating systems. XenEnterprise 3.1 software was tested by HP and XenSource on HP ProLiant blade server hardware. This...
Tags: HP Compaq ProLiant Server, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP Compaq ProLiant, XenSource Inc., Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Servers, Hardware
White papers 2007-01-01
Xen: Enterprise Grade Open Source Virtualization: Inside Xen 3.0 - A XenSource White Paper
Virtualization has become a key requirement for the enterprise. This results from an urgent need to focus on reduced Total Cost of Ownership TCO for enterprise computing infrastructure. In spite of - or indeed because of - the widespread adoption of relatively cheap, industry standard x86-based servers, enterprises have seen...
Tags: Enterprise Computing, Virtualization, Open Source, Xen, Enterprise, XenSource Inc., Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting
White papers 2006-05-31
Which virtualization vendor will woo you?
XenSource is really helping to make virtualization popular on the Linux platform. VMware and Microsoft formerly Connectix have really made virtualization popular on the Windows end with products such as VMware Workstation and Virtual PC. Enterprise products such as VMware Server formerly GSX Server and Microsoft’s Virtual Server have...
Tags: xensource, Vmware, Virtualization, virtual iron, steven s. warren, Microsoft, General
Blog posts 2007-03-31
Xen: Enterprise Grade Open Source Virtualization
Virtualization has become a key requirement for the enterprise. This result from an urgent need to focus on reduced Total Cost of Ownership TCO for enterprise computing infrastructure. In spite of - or indeed because of - the widespread adoption of relatively cheap, industry standard x86-based servers, enterprises have seen...
Tags: Enterprise Computing, Open Source, Xen, Enterprise, XenSource Inc., Virtualization, Roi/Tco, Utility Computing, Storage Management, Hardware, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Storage
White papers 2005-12-02
Photo: XenSource makes a debut
CEO Peter Levine announces company's first product based on Xen virtualization at LinuxWorld.
Tags: Peter Levine, XenSource Inc., Xen, LinuxWorld, photograph, CEO
Image galleries 2006-08-17
Fedora Core 5 Installed.....Next Stop, XenSource
I just finished my installation of Fedora Core 5. It was a painless installation. I will be concentrating next on getting XenSource installed using Fedora Core 5. The IT grapevine says it is easier to install Xen on FC5 than FC4. Has anyone out there installed Xen on FC5 yet?...
Tags: FC5, Fedora Core, Fedora Core 5, Fedora Project, Xen, XenSource Inc.
Blog posts 2006-04-20
Can XenSource dethrone VMware as the leader on the Linux Platform?
XenSource is really helping to make virtualization popular on the Linux platform. VMware and Microsoft formerly Connectix have really made virtualization popular on the Windows end with products such as VMware Workstation and Virtual PC. Enterprise products such as VMware Server formerly GSX Server and Microsoft's Virtual Server have...
Tags: hypervisor, leader, Linux, Linux Platform, VMware Inc., Xen, XenSource Inc.
Blog posts 2006-04-18

Additional Resources

VMware & Virtualization
Now that I have your interest in VMware Workstation and virtualization, you may find some of these additional blog posts useful. Can virtualization save you money? What can you do with VMware Workstation 5 Unlock the power of VMware Workstation command line Check out...
Tags: VMware Inc., VMware Workstation, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Steven Warren
Blog posts 2008-03-26
Virtualization Using XenEnterprise With Dell PowerEdge Servers and Storage
Server Virtualization is fast becoming a fore-front technology in datacenters. 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 software and the installation and configuration steps for...
Tags: Dell PowerEdge Server, Dell Computer Corp., Dell PowerEdge, Server Virtualization, XenEnterprise, Virtualization, Data Centers, Servers, Storage Management, Hardware, Storage, Data Management
White papers 2007-05-01
Virtualization Using XenEnterprise With Dell PowerEdge Servers and Dell OpenManage
Server Virtualization is fast becoming a fore-front technology in datacenters. 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 software and the installation and configuration steps for...
Tags: Dell PowerEdge Server, Dell Computer Corp., Dell PowerEdge, Server Virtualization, Dell OpenManage, XenEnterprise, Virtualization, Data Centers, Servers, Storage Management, Hardware, Storage, Data Management
White papers 2007-05-01
20 things you should know about virtualization
Virtualization has been a major buzzword in the IT world for a few years. Now the buzz is getting bigger, with the release of Windows Server 2008 and the impending integration of the Hyper-V virtualization component formerly called Viridian. Of course, Microsoft already has Virtual Server and Virtual PC, as...
Tags: Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage
Download resources 2008-05-01
Virtualisation: Architectual Considerations and other Evaluation Criteria
Of the many approaches to x86 systems virtualisation available in the market today, the hypervisor architecture—in which virtual machines are managed by a software layer that is installed on bare metal—has gained the greatest market acceptance. This fact has translated into rapid growth and a large and expanding customer base...
Tags: Hypervisor, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage
White papers 2008-05-15
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