Brandeis University has been leveraging Xen for the deployment of their PeopleSoft applications. Read about their solution in the newest Xen.org Case Study at http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/Xen_Case_Studies?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=Xen+Brandeis+Case+Study.pdf.
I have posted a new project on the Xen.org Project page: XenAccess Library. Project Overview: When running multiple domains (or virtual machines) using the Xen hypervisor, this library will allow a privileged domain to view the runtime state of another domain. This technique is known as virtual machine introspection.
A new Xen management project has just been posted on the Xen.org Projects Page. The source code will be available soon for anyone interested in working on this project. Screen shots and other information is available at http://www.zentific.com/screenshots.php. For more information, contact Steven Maresca
IBM just announced they are spending $400 million to create two new data centers for cloud computing research. From the article: “Using a slick combination of off-the-shelf, open-source virtualization technologies (Xen) and their own management (Tivoli), IBM could be well-positioned to open their resources more broadly…”
Pivot3 today announced a new solution for serverless computing based on open source Xen. You can learn more about their solution at http://www.pivot3.com/products/serverless-computing. Ian Pratt was quoted in their release: “Pivot3 has taken advantage of the openness and high performance of the Xen hypervisor
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.
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
On August 14th 2008 will take place, in Valparaiso – Chile, the 2008 edition of Chilean Debian Day. In this opportunity I’ll be there with a newbie-middle presentation about Virtualization technologies centered in Xen, its characteristics, benefits, examples of usability and, obviously, its community 🙂 Any other topic you think I
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 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
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
(English) Xen Summit Tokyo (Asia) 2008 has completed the formation of a Program Committee and is actively looking for speakers interested in presenting their Xen work at this event. This 2-day event, November 20 & 21 at Fujitsu’s Labs, will be an in-depth examination of recent research, software development,