Xen Wins Best of Open Source Software Awards 2008
08/05/2008
Congrats to the Xen.org community on winning an InfoWorld Best of Open Source Software Award 2008. Xen was the choice for the Server Virtualization Category.
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Xen Client Initiative Meeting - August 12
08/04/2008
The next XCI Project meeting is set for August 12, 2008 from 1 – 2pm EST. Please send me an email if you are interested in joining in. The agenda for this meeting is not yet setup but I will update this blog posting with the agenda in a few days.
Amazon CTO Thanks You, The Xen.org Community
08/04/2008
In an amazing video from Virtualization.com, Werner Vogels, CTO of Amazon thanks you – the Xen.org community for the great Xen solution. From Video: (1:30): How hard was it to integrate the Xen hypervisor into your cloud platform? Â “I think Xen is a great product. It is
Xen 3.4 Feature Requests
07/31/2008
With Xen 3.3 in final testing, it is time to start thinking about what features you would like to see in Xen 3.4. If you have any ideas for Xen 3.4, please send an email to xen-devel with Xen 3.4 in the subject line. This will
XEN FIT Survey Published
07/29/2008
The recent publication of the new Xen.org Trademark Policy has introduced the need for a Faithful Implementation Test (FIT) for people looking to receive the rights to use the Xen Trademark with their solution. I have created a short online survey to get community feedback on what should be
Xen Wiki Policy Change
07/28/2008
Xen Community: In an effort to clean up a large amount of spam attacks on the Xen Wiki, we have decided to create a special editors only file for the wiki. In order to edit within the Wiki, you will need to email me your Xen Wiki user name and
Xen Research Community Brown-bag Call
07/25/2008
I received a great idea from Todd Deshane today about having a monthly call where anyone interested in presenting their latest Xen related research can give a 20 minute presentation followed by questions from the audience. I can use GoToMeeting or GoToWebinar to setup the call and have a dial-in
PDF Format of Running Xen Book Now Available
07/24/2008
The Running Xen authors have informed me that you can now get a pdf version of their book. Go to the “Where to Buy” link at http://runningxen.com/buy-now to obtain the PDF version or from InformIT, go to http://www.informit.com/store/product.asp?isbn=0137144911 There
Xen.org Website Update Project II
07/21/2008
Xen Community: I received some great feedback on my initial web design proposal and have updated the documents. Please look over these versions and pass along your comments Xen.org Home Page Content Sections: Xen.org Home Page II.pdf Xen.org Tab/Page Structure (diagram): Xen.org Web Structure
Xen Summit Tokyo (Asia) Language Update
07/21/2008
The Program Committee has discussed the choice of primary language for the upcoming event in Tokyo and has made a change from the information I posted last week. The event will now be in English with Japanese translators available to allow for a larger global audience to attend. IT events
Xen API Community Project - Missing APIs
07/17/2008
To Xen API Project Members: I started looking at the Xen API code to see which API functions are not completed, as we discussed in our last meeting. I believe the correct file to search is at \tools\python\xen\xend and I looked at XendAPI.py. I found this
Response on Virtual Iron and Citrix Blog Discussions
07/16/2008
I recently read a ZDNet article at http://blogs.zdnet.com/virtualization/?p=479 about some issues being taken by Virtual Iron with Simon Crosby’s statements. My response to the article is added as a comment and I wanted to make the community aware of my position. I believe