Citrix Announces Free XenServer, New Management Upgrades

EMA’s impact brief outlines the announcement that Citrix will make its core XenServer server virtualization solution available at no cost.

2/23/2009 » Andi Mann, Enterprise Management Associates » EMA reports that On February 23rd, 2009, Citrix Systems, Inc. announced that it will make its core XenServer server virtualization solution, with multi-node management (XenCenter) and live migra­tion (XenMotion), available at no cost, with a new upgrade path to two advanced (revenue-generating) management products. Citrix Essentials for XenServer Enterprise Edition will add to the base XenServer features for simplified storage management, dynamic provi­sioning, high availability, and workload balancing. Citrix Essentials for XenServer Platinum Edition will include these features, plus lab automation and auto restart high availability. For customers, this is a straightforward win.   For full report, see article.

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