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Dell PowerEdge R710
Reviews Dell continues to chip away at HP's dominance of the industry-standard server market, and the 2U PowerEdge R710 is an excellent choice, although its internal storage capacity is limited.
Tags: Motherboard, SD card, Storage, Dell PowerEdge, HP Compaq ProLiant, Sun Microsystems Inc., Server, Sun Fire, disk, Dell Computer Corp.
Xen.org to build open standards cloud platform
News Xen Cloud Platform will form part of wider initiative aimed at bridging private clouds with public cloud services such as those offered by Amazon and Rackspace.
Tags: Cloud computing, Security, Virtualization, Xen, Novell Inc., Hypervisor, Xen.org, Cloud computing, network, Rackspace
Xen: The startup in Citrix clothing
Insight newsmaker Citrix exec Ian Pratt describes how the XenSource buyout has affected the virtualization company, and where Citrix is going with Xen-branded products.
Tags: Virtualization, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Server platforms, Open source, Citrix Systems Inc., Xen, VMware Inc., Hypervisor, Client Virtualization, Xen.org
Citrix offers cut-down XenServer for free
News The company plans to give away the XenServer hypervisor, but will hold back certain key management features.
Tags: Virtualization, Citrix Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Virtual Machine, Tool, VMware Inc., Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, Hypervisor, XenServer, Server
Citrix XenServer now available free of charge
News The virtualization software joins Microsoft's Hyper-V and VMware's ESXi in being available at no charge, which Citrix hopes will help boost the platform's adoption.
Tags: Server platforms, Citrix Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Virtualization, Open Source, Tool, Storage, VMware Inc., Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, Hypervisor
Citrix releases major XenServer upgrade
News Available for download now are Version 5.5 of both XenServer and Citrix Essentials, the first significant new releases since XenServer became a free product in February.
Tags: Virtualization, Citrix Systems Inc., Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, Microsoft Corp., VMware Inc., virtual machine, built-In, Virtualization, storage, Web
Microsoft releases Hyper-V Server R2
News Latest iteration of Microsoft's free hypervisor, which now includes functionality for the live migration of servers, is now available for download.
Tags: Servers, Business applications, Virtualization, VMware Inc., Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, Hypervisor, Server, processor, team, Servers
Fujitsu to plug in Citrix virtualization
News Citrix's Xen technology will be combined with Fujitsu's servers and workplace virtualization portfolio to provide an integrated bundle for setting up VDIs.
Tags: Virtualization, Desktops, Server platforms, Business Strategies & Functions, Infrastructure/architecture management, Consumer Technology, Citrix Systems Inc., Virtual Desktop, VMware Inc., Server
XenSource seeks to emerge from VMware's shadow
News As VMware's imminent listing aims to set records on Wall Street, XenSource looks to gather some of the virtualization market for itself.
Citrix rebrands Presentation Server as XenApp 5
News The company has changed the name of its flagship software, completing a rebranding exercise begun after the purchase of XenSource last year.
Tags: Business applications, Citrix Systems Inc., Virtualization, On-demand, Server, performance, software, application management, data center, analyst
HP ProLiant DL380 G6
Reviews The 2U rack server of choice continues to impress, and the latest G6 implementation looks set to carry the crown for some time to come.
Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Storage, Hypervisor, HP Compaq ProLiant, PCI, Server, processor, console, monitor, disk
Fujitsu Primergy RX300 S5
Reviews This is a well built and very capable 2U rack server from a respected vendor that can be configured to suit a wide variety of applications. It's particularly strong on disk capacity and PCIe expansion.
Tags: Virtual Machine, VMware Inc., Hypervisor, Server, Fujitsu Ltd., network, disk, Ethernet
Citrix rebrands its XenSource spoils
News Company discusses its product road map following the acquisition of virtualization vendor XenSource.
Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions, Business applications
Citrix completes XenSource virtualization buy
News Citrix's US$500 million acquisition is done. Next up: new server and desktop virtualization products.
