XenSource: Xen Hypervisor Made for Servers, Not OS | Linux Today

XenSource: Xen Hypervisor Made for Servers, Not OS

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 25, 2007

“In spite of its close partnership with Microsoft, Red Hat and
Novell, XenSource’s CTO maintains the
virtualization hypervisor belongs in server hardware–not in the
operating system.

“Speaking at Interop in New York, XenSource CTO Simon Crosby
said the slim, trim Xen hypervisor in products such as the
company’s newly launched XenCenter OEM Edition
is a more natural fit in hardware than in infrastructure
software…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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