I am compiling all the current submitted topics for Xen Summit into a single Abstract document for those interested in learning more about the sessions at the event. The current document is available here. Please remember that this is not the complete list of topics but a good collection of
Xen folks… I have completed the statistic gathering and analysis for Xen.org in Q1. The pdf of the data with January, February, and March results is here. Here are some data highlights for Q1: * Web Hits on Xen.org over 75,000 for each month with a spike in
Welcome to the new Xen.org weekly newsletter with a variety of information to keep you updated on all things Xen. This newsletter is an upgrade from my previous weekly communications and is meant to offer a broader scope of Xen.org activities. Please feel free to contact me with
As the community manager for the open source Xen.org community, home of the Xen Hypervisor, I am often asked about competition from proprietary and open source hypervisors as well as questions about Xen’s viability as an open source community. Many people are seeing the rapid emergence of KVM
From Simon’s blog post at http://community.citrix.com/display/ocb/2010/03/29/Open+Source+does+not+mean+Interoperable+or+Compatible Derrick Harris at GigaOm has written an interesting, and unfortunately confusing piece which illustrates the frequent confusion between openness, interoperability and compatibility. His thesis is that the
The Hosted Xen project (HXEN) in Xen.org is currently looking for new developers to take part in future efforts such as the Linux port. The source and binaries for the Windows and Mac OSX version are currently available and are working fine for many users. I have spoken to
I am pleased to announce that Bernard Golden has agreed to present his views on open source cloud computing and virtualization as the Day 2 keynote for Xen Summit North America at AMD. Bernard is the current CEO of HyperStratus, a leading virtualization cloud computing consultancy, the Virtualization and
Welcome to the new Xen.org weekly newsletter with a variety of information to keep you updated on all things Xen. This newsletter is an upgrade from my previous weekly communications and is meant to offer a broader scope of Xen.org activities. Please feel free to contact me with
Great post in xen-users today from Thiago Martins… Running Xen 4.0.0-rc8 with Linux 2.6.32.10 paravirt_ops   dom0 on top of Ubuntu Lucid 10.04 64bits This is a quick guide to help us to try the new Xen. Also I have the
Folks, I have now pushed tag 4.0.0-rc8 to http://xenbits.xensource.com/xen-unstable.hg I expect this to be the final RC and so would like lots of final pre-release testing, and will be especially selective in taking any final fix-up patches. — Keir
Xen Community: I have been thinking lately about new ways to push out information on our community and have decided that maybe we should create an iPhone Application for Xen.org. Before I undertake any such activity, I thought I would ask the community for input; so what do you
I’ve just tagged 4.0.0-rc7 in http://xenbits.xensource.com/xen-unstable.hg Please test!