Dell will Deliver XenServer Embedded Hypervisor on Dell PowerEdge Servers Offering Built-in, Easy-to-Use Virtualization to Customers
Dubai, UAE, 24 October 2007- Citrix Systems, Inc., the global leader in application delivery infrastructure, and Dell Inc. today announced a partnership to make server virtualization technology a reality for customers of all sizes. By offering Citrix XenServer OEM Edition across Dell's PowerEdge server line in the coming year, the companies will bring built-in, easy-to-use virtual machine installation and management to millions of Dell customers worldwide.
"Our goal is to simplify IT for our customers. By integrating standards-based solutions such as XenServer on our server platforms, we'll be able to remove the cost and complexity associated with virtualization technology while delivering choice and flexibility, making it ubiquitous for customers of all sizes," said Simon Negus, Vice President, Services and Solutions, Dell EMEA. "This is a simplified, business-ready solution where customers can install and manage virtual machines almost immediately upon start up, then easily upgrade to a broad, multi-server solution as soon as they are ready."
"We are pleased to sign such a significant agreement with Dell. With their leadership in the server market, this agreement will provide Citrix XenServer products with broad reach into millions of Dell customers worldwide," said Frank Artale, Vice President of Business Development for Citrix. "Helping customers achieve ten minutes to Xen has been our goal from the beginning, and an embedded hypervisor helps further simplify virtualization by allowing customers to work with their existing server vendors by providing them with a frictionless experience."
As part of the agreement, Citrix XenServer will support Dell OpenManage™ and Dell will offer the more comprehensive multi-server Citrix XenServer Enterprise Edition as a standalone product or as an easy software license key upgrade from the embedded XenServer OEM Edition. Additionally, XenServer OEM Edition and XenServer Enterprise will be tested, qualified and supported by Dell.
This offering with Citrix and XenServer reinforces Dell's drive to Simplify IT and deliver complete business-ready virtualization solutions to customers with server and storage offerings designed from the ground up to be optimised for virtualization deployments. Dell Virtualization Services will also be able to help customers design and implement practical, reliable and comprehensive virtualization solutions for current and future needs with increased TCO and a single point of accountability.
Citrix XenServer OEM Edition is fully compatible and license-key upgradeable to Citrix XenServer Enterprise Edition. Introduced in August 2007, Citrix XenServer Enterprise Edition 4 includes XenMotion™ for live migration of running virtual machines; XenCenter™, a scalable, resilient virtual infrastructure management framework integrated into every host; an open, standards-based XenAPI which enables ISVs and OEMs to develop add-on solutions for XenServer Enterprise Edition; and, a powerful 64-bit hypervisor that supports both 32- and 64-bit enterprise workloads.
To ensure an easy upgrade and uninterrupted access to these added-value features, both Citrix XenServer OEM Edition and Citrix XenServer Enterprise Edition will be resident in firmware on the system.
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About Citrix XenServer Virtualization Products
For customers seeking to reduce the number of under-utilized servers in their IT infrastructure, Citrix XenServer virtualization products help dramatically reduce server hardware and operating costs through savings on power, space, cooling, and system maintenance. Offering high performance virtualization within an easy to use virtualization platform, Citrix XenServer products supports both Windows and Linux servers. Citrix XenServer products are based on the Xen® hypervisor, and offer easy to use Windows and Linux virtualization solutions with built-in virtual machine lifecycle management, at breakthrough price and performance. Citrix XenServer products are being adopted worldwide in enterprises to increase server utilization, support server consolidation, and reduce total cost of ownership.
About Dell
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) listens to customers and delivers innovative technology and services they trust and value. Uniquely enabled by its direct business model, Dell is a leading global systems and services company and No. 34 on the Fortune 500. For more information, visit www.dell.com, or to communicate directly with Dell via a variety of online channels, go to www.dell.com/conversations. To get Dell news direct, visit www.dell.com/RSS.
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 2006 was $1.1 billion.
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