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• SAP to virtualise 500 servers with Xen

  Citrix Systems has announced global software company SAP will use its XenServer to virtualise 500 servers by mid-2009.
  

• Citrix drops price of hypervisor to zero

  Citrix on Monday is making its core virtualization platform free, and announcing an enhanced partnership with Microsoft to promote interoperability between Citrix's XenServer hypervisor and Microsoft's Hyper-V software.

• HP unveils blade PCs and Citrix virtualization bundle

  HP is unveiling the fourth generation of its blade PC line and bundling the devices with Citrix XenDesktop 3 virtualization software.

• Citrix upgrades XenDesktop, Branch Repeater

  Citrix is introducing new technology to improve the delivery of voice, video and 3D graphics to virtual desktops and to make decisions about traffic prioritization in order to boost end-user experience.

• Citrix invests in desktop virtualisation startup

  Citrix has spent the past year and a half redefining itself as a virtualization company, first purchasing the desktop and server virtualization vendor XenSource and then placing the "Xen" name on its flagship application delivery software to reflect a focus on virtualization.

• Citrix plans 'bare metal' desktop hypervisor

  Citrix Systems is working with Intel to develop a "bare metal" hypervisor for client PCs, which proponents say could broaden the use of desktop virtualization by overcoming some of the technology's shortcomings today.

• Citrix to extend desktop virtualization to the iPhone

  Citrix plans to deliver desktop virtualization to the iPhone and other mobile devices next year, a company official said Wednesday.

• HR group builds virtual DR with VMware

  Human resources consulting firm Chandler Macleod Group has revitalised its IT operations by using virtualisation to build virtual disaster recovery and consolidate its server infrastructure.

• Citrix buys high-def video conferencing player

  Citrix has bought Vapps, a provider of high-definition voice conferencing services geared for businesses and service providers.

• Citrix previews Project Kensho kit

  Citrix has released a technical preview of a toolkit that allows developers to create portable virtual machine (VM) appliances across a number of platforms.

• Harvard takes slow approach to IP call-center integration

  Call it the Harvard University Tower of Babel. That might be the most descriptive way to look at the institution's network of networks that consists of 10 academic units with independent CIOs and staff who build and take care of their own environments, yet all rely on a centralized call-center infrastructure to serve users.

• VMware, MS, others to fight for virtualization edge in Vegas

  VMworld 2008, VMware's annual user conference in Las Vegas next week, is expected be crowded with a total of 14,000 attendees, including workers from more than 200 trade-show exhibitors that are all fighting for a piece of the x86 virtualization market.

• Citrix puts virtualization spin on flagship software

  Citrix Monday unveiled the newest version of its flagship product, which underwent a recent name change as Citrix tries to align its traditional application delivery tools with its new desktop and server virtualization technology.