Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS), the global leader in application delivery infrastructure, today 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 Virtualization Platforms category recognized three products that have altered the virtualization landscape this past year. 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 August 2007, 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 an easy to use 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.
XenServer was also named Product of the Year in the Virtualization for Linux servers category by TechTarget’s SearchEnterpriseLinux.techtarget.com. For more information about the awards and to view a list of all featured companies, visit: searchservervirtualization.techtarget.com and searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com.
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About Citrix XenServer
Citrix XenServer is the simplest and most efficient way to virtualize servers and deliver a dynamic data center – a flexible aggregated pool of computing and storage resources. Citrix XenServer extends the development and testing resources of the open source Xen® virtualization engine, delivering easy-to-use dynamic virtualization solutions. Citrix XenServer combines comprehensive server virtualization capabilities with unparalleled scalability, performance, economics, and ease-of-use. For more information about Citrix XenServer, visit: http://www.citrixxenserver.com/products/Pages/XenEnterprise.aspx.
About Citrix
Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS) is the global leader and the most trusted name in application delivery infrastructure. More than 200,000 organizations worldwide rely on Citrix to deliver any application to users anywhere with the best performance, highest security and lowest cost. Citrix customers include 100% of the Fortune 100 companies and 99% of the Fortune Global 500, as well as hundreds of thousands of small businesses and prosumers. Citrix has approximately 6,200 channel and alliance partners in more than 100 countries. Annual revenue in 2007 was $1.4 billion.
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