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| February 6, 2008 03:00 PM EST |
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Citrix Systems announced that Citrix XenServer Enterprise
Edition 4.0 has been named the Product of the Year in the Virtualization
Platforms category of the SearchServerVirtualization.com 2007 Products of the
Year awards.
The awards are presented by the editors of TechTarget s Data
Center Media Group, and products are judged based on innovation, performance,
ease of integration into existing environments, ease of use and manageability,
functionality and value.
Being recognized as the Product of the Year in the
Virtualization Platforms category by TechTarget s respected virtualization
industry site validates Citrix s goal to simplify server virtualization, said
Phil Montgomery, senior director of product marketing, Citrix Systems. This
award highlights XenServer Enterprise Edition 4.0 as a solid, enterprise-class
platform, ready to give the market leader a run for its money.
Introduced in new features in XenServer Enterprise Edition
4.0 include XenMotion for live migration of running virtual machines;
XenCenter, a scalable, resilient virtual infrastructure management solution
with Windows user interface; a powerful 64-bit hypervisor that supports both
32-and 64-bit enterprise workloads; and, an open, standards-based XenAPI which
enables ISVs and OEMs to develop add-on solutions for XenServer. The release
also includes version 3.1 of the Xen open source hypervisor engine and
leverages the latest hardware virtualization support features from Intel and
AMD to deliver near bare-metal performance.
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