Citrix and XenSource — Industry Reaction

The XenSource acquisition was very well received by strategic partners in the industry. See commentary below or view the Citrix Press Release to learn more.

“Although the market is still in the earliest phase, virtualization already offers significant opportunities for cost savings and innovation. Citrix and XenSource have long been strong partners for Microsoft and it is exciting to see them team up to help move the market forward.”
- Bob Muglia, senior vice president, Microsoft Server & Tools Business

“HP views this acquisition as a catalyst to extend virtualization from servers in the datacenter to clients at the desktop. For customers looking to streamline server and desktop infrastructures with a higher level of data security and business agility, our leading ProLiant server and BladeSystem portfolio continues to be the platform of choice for Citrix application delivery infrastructure solutions.”
- Scott Farrand, vice president, Industry Standard Server Software, HP

“The combination of Citrix and XenSource brings together both presentation and server virtualization to deliver more choice and flexibility to the market, particularly Citrix’s strong installed base. By adding mobility, monitoring and storage integration in the recently introduced XenEnterprise v4, XenSource has narrowed the capability gap and delivered a viable virtualization solution for server consolidation.”
- John Humphreys, program VP of Enterprise Virtualization, IDC

“Symantec and XenSource share a common belief that customers want unified server and storage virtualization. Incorporation of Symantec’s Veritas Storage Foundation solution into XenSource open-architecture virtualization technology delivers that capability. We look forward to continuing our collaboration with Citrix and XenSource to help customers simplify data center operations and dramatically reduce costs.”
- Rob Soderbery, senior vice president, Data Center Management Group, Symantec

“Citrix has long been a leader in virtualization and I am thrilled that they will be expanding this virtualization leadership across the full application delivery value chain, from the datacenter to the desktop. Citrix is a great partner of ours and their support is second to none, pushing this new XenSource technology through the channel and putting it in the hands of thousands of existing and new customers will truly help accelerate the mainstreaming of virtualization and unlock real strategic business value.”
- Mike Strohl, president, Entisys