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[Xen-users] Xen virtualization quickly becoming open source 'killer app'


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  • From: "Eric S. Johansson" <esj@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 16:03:04 -0500
  • Delivery-date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 21:05:33 +0000
  • List-id: Xen user discussion <xen-users.lists.xensource.com>

http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci1152219,00.html

As the end of the year approaches, it appears that virtualization's time in the open source spotlight has all but come.

Whether it is because of the machinations of companies like Palo Alto, Calif.-based XenSource Inc. or analyst endorsement, emulating an enterprise-class infrastructure environment using open source has been on the rise in 2005. And, now, it looks ready to burst next year.

"[Virtualization] was once relegated to high-end mainframe environments, but virtualized deployments are now available across every level of IT, most notably in the x86-based solutions that constitute the largest volume of server sales," said Pund-IT Research principal analyst Charles King.

The Hayward, Calif.-based King added that as a result of this inevitable rush of widespread deployment, virtualization qualifies as the second hottest sector of the server market just behind Linux.

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