Xen.org Press Release Archives

Xen Summit 2011 Agenda and Speaker Lineup Announced

Cambridge, UK 6/22/2011 - Xen.org, home of the open source Xen hypervisor, today announced that its annual Xen Summit North America conference will be held, August 2-3 in Santa Clara, California. This year’s event, which rotates between sponsoring companies, will be hosted by Citrix (NASDAQ: CTXS) at its Silicon Valley headquarters, and will be the first event held at the new state-of-the-art Citrix Conference Center. More

Xen.org Unveils Ultimate Cloud Development Environment with First Xen Cloud Platform Release

Cambridge, UK 3/3/11 - Xen.org, the home of the open source Xen hypervisor, today announced the availability of Xen Cloud Platform (XCP) 1.0. Developed as part of the Xen Cloud Project introduced in 2009, XCP 1.0 provides a full-featured solution for small and medium size enterprises wanting to build private clouds, as well as open source enthusiasts, universities and researchers wanting to experiment with cloud computing. It represents a shift in enterprise usability for Xen.org, which has traditionally released software as source code only. XCP enables developers to create and “play” with new and innovative technologies and techniques against a mature, stable and scalable virtualization stack. More

Xen.org Brings New Level of Performance to the Enterprise and Cloud with Xen 4.0 Hypervisor

Cambridge, UK 4/13/10 - Xen.org, the home of the open source Xen hypervisor, today announced the availability of Xen 4.0, the most advanced open source hypervisor software avaialble. The release is the collective effort of a global development team representing more than 50 leading technoloyg vendors, universities, and virtualization expoerts. Leveraging the latest network cards optimized for virtualization, Xen 4.0 provides users substantial performance and scalability gains for nay level of enterprise or cloud application workload. More

Fujitsu and VA Linux Systems Japan K.K. Join Xen Advisory Board

Shanghai, China 11/18/09 - The Xen community is pleased to announce the addition of Fujitsu and VA Linux Systems Japan K.K. to the Xen Advisory Board. More

Virtualization Leader Citrix Joins the Linux Foundation
Citrix Uses Linux to Develop Virtualization and SaaS Solutions for Fortune 500 Companies and Small Business Worldwide

San Francisco 9/17/09 - The Linux Foundation (LF), the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced that Citrix Systems has becomes its newest member.More

Xen.org Project Launches New Open Cloud Initiative
Introduction of Xen Cloud Platform Will Accelerate Customer Adoption of Open Enterprise-Class Clound Infrastructures

San Francisco 8/31/2009 - Xen.org, the home of the open source Xen hypervisor, today formally announced the Xen Cloud Platform (XCP) initiative - a powerful new community-led effort to build on the growing leadership of the Xen hypervisor in today's cloud, and deliver a secure and proven open source infrastructure platform for the federated cloud services of tomorrow. More

A Major Attraction - LinuxTAG: Open Source Week in The German Capital

Berlin, Germany 5/14/2009 - The focus will be on Linux and Open Source in Berlin for seven dates of the end of June when, ... More

Clarkson University Team Writes Guidebook to Xen Software

NY, USA 6/12/2009 - Clarkson University Associate Professor of Computer Science Jeanne Matthews, along with a team of current and past Clarkson students, has written the book Running Xen: A Hands-on Guide to the Art of Virtualization. More

A State of Xen: Virtualization from PDAs to Super Computers:
New Xen 3.3 Hypervisor Features Cross Platform Support, Industry Leading Performance, Secure Design and New Features for Embedded Virtualization, All Supported by a Robust and Growing Commmunity

Cambridge, U.K. 8/27/2008 - Xen.org, the home of the open source Xen project, has announced the release of Xen 3.3 engine, the latest version of the industry's leading open source hypervisor. More

Citrix to Enter Server and Desktop Virtualization Markets with Acquisitoin of XenSource:
Combination of Citrix and XenSource Accelerates the Mainstreaming of Virtualization and Strengthens End-to-End Application Delivery Strategy

Fort Lauderdale, FL. 8/15/2007 - Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CTXS), the global leader in application delivery infrastructure, today announced a definitive agreement to acquire XenSource, Inc. of Palo Alto, Calif., More

The NetBSD Foundation Press Release: NetBSD and Xen

3/4/2005 - The recent release of NetBSD 2.0 marked a milestone in the developmnet of the world's most portable operating system. More