The first release of Mirage OS back in December 2013 introduced the prototype of the unikernel concept, which realised the promise of a safe, flexible mechanism to build highly optimized…
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This week, we are reblogging this excellent piece from Luis from SUSE. The article came about because of a discussion Luis had at the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit in Napa,…
Over the next two weeks, there are no less than five great opportunities to hear about the Xen Project. Â These include: The Linux Link Tech Show on May 29, 2013…
In April, Xen unveiled a new community site at xenproject.org. Xen Project leaders worked closely with CloudAccess.net in the development of their new online home, built using Joomla. CloudAccess.net is the…
It truly was an amazing year for Xen.org! The key highlights included Dom0 supporting going into mainline Linux kernel, Project Kronos, and renewed focus  Xen for ARM. All three of…
Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk from Oracle shares technical background of Xen support in Linux 3 and tells us about his experiences and the lessons learned contributing Xen support to Linux.
The latest survey results for the Xen.org Mascot question are as follows: 76 total voters 62 YES (81%) 14 NO (18%) Based on the trending I am seeing, there is…
Here is a Code_swarm video showing the development of Xen over the years.
The Xen Champions team has been working on a new slide-deck for the community to leverage. It is a basic overview of Xen.org and the Xen Hypervisor. We plan to…
For those of you who want to hear Ian’s latest comments on Xen, etc – Doug Brown of www.dabcc.com has just posted a PodCast at http://www.dabcc.com/podcastdetail.aspx?id=75. From VMBlog.com (http://vmblog.com/archive/2008/12/15/podcast-with-xen-open-source-virtualization-founder-and-citrix-vp-ian-pratt.aspx) n…
For those of you tracking my “History of Xen” blog series, I am proud to announce that we finally have the story of where “Xen” came from – check out…
Ian Pratt gave the Keynote address at the USENIX NSDI 2008 event last week. Here is a link to the USENIX NSDI site: http://www.usenix.org/events/nsdi08/tech/tech.html. Ian’s slides are available in pdf…
The final installment of the History of Xen – Architecture involves the ultimate question, where does the name “Xen” come from? It is clear that Xen comes from the XenoServer…
In reading the two documents posted in Part 2, I discovered even more interesting work that was done previously. I think we are now getting close to the earliest research…
As stated earlier in my first History of Xen – Architecture post, I am on the active trail of the history of Xen and will continue to publish documents and…
As I continue to learn more about Xen, I find it interesting to read old documents that show the transformation of Xen from a research project at Cambridge University to…