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XenSource, Inc., the leader of the open source Xen™
virtualization project and a provider of enterprise virtualization
solutions, and NEC Corporation (NSDQ:NIPNY), one of the world's leading
providers of Internet, broadband network and enterprise business
solutions, today announced a broad alliance in which NEC will deliver
XenSource’s server virtualization solutions.
With this agreement, NEC and XenSource will collaborate to deliver
XenSource virtualization solutions to market to help businesses
dramatically reduce operating costs through savings on hardware,
provisioning, power, space, cooling, and system maintenance.
Additionally, the companies will collaborate to deliver Integrated VM
on NEC’s REAL IT PLATFORM vision. Integrated
VM is a technology which realizes total management for multiple
virtualization products and is performed by NEC’s
platform management software, NEC SigmaSystemCenter. By this
collaboration, NEC and XenSource will add XenEnterprise into the
Integrated VM and enhance the virtualization market by joint development
of the management features.
“XenSource has quickly become a proven name in
virtualization, and was the clear choice for NEC when it came to a
provider that could help us deliver a virtualization solution to our
customers,” said Katsumi Inoue, General
Manager, 2nd Computer Software Division, NEC Corporation. “We
are confident that our new solution will deliver the capabilities
necessary for enterprises to achieve the full benefits of virtualization
in the enterprise, and look forward to deliver this capability.”
Under the terms of the agreement, NEC and XenSource agree to:
Joint development of virtualization products for NEC’s
Integrated VM vision;
Study and development of enhancements for XenEnterprise in the areas
where NEC has extensive expertise for enterprise systems;
Embedding XenEnterprise with NEC’s
integrated management infrastructure, SigmaSystemCenter, which will
manage XenEnterprise with other resources;
Integrating XenEnterprise with NEC software and hardware solutions;
Delivering a XenSource product packaged by NEC; and,
Joint marketing activities.
“NEC Corporation is one of the most respected
global brands, and has an excellent track record of identifying and
supporting enterprise customer’s needs,”
said Peter Levine, CEO of XenSource. “We look
forward to working closely with NEC to successfully develop, introduce,
market and support this aggressive, and well-timed, virtualization
initiative.”
“Intel believes that the collaboration
between NEC and XenSource will accelerate the adoption of server
virtualization solutions with Intel®
Virtualization Technology,” said Doug
Fisher, vice president and general manager of the Intel System Software
Division. “Intel has worked with both NEC and
XenSource on developing high performance solutions optimized for
virtualization. The combination of XenEnterprise and NEC systems powered
by Dual-Core Intel® Xeon®
5100 servers is an impressive platform for server virtualization.”
Availability
NEC will begin shipping XenEnterprise in August 2007, and the NEC
SigmaSystemCenter with XenEnterprise Integrated VM capability by
December 2007.
About NEC Corporation
NEC Corporation (NASDAQ:NIPNY) is one of the world's leading providers
of Internet, broadband network and enterprise business solutions
dedicated to meeting the specialized needs of its diverse and global
base of customers. NEC delivers tailored solutions in the key fields of
computer, networking and electron devices, by integrating its technical
strengths in IT and Networks, and by providing advanced semiconductor
solutions through NEC Electronics Corporation. The NEC Group employs
more than 150,000 people worldwide. For additional information, please
visit the NEC home page at: http://www.nec.com.
About XenSource Virtualization Products
For customers seeking to reduce the number of under-utilized servers in
their IT infrastructure, XenSource 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, XenSource supports both Windows and Linux servers. XenSource
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. XenSource products are being adopted worldwide in
enterprises to increase server utilization, support server
consolidation, and reduce total cost of ownership.
About XenSource, Inc.
Founded by the inventors of the open source virtualization engine known
as the Xen™ hypervisor, XenSource is the
leading provider of enterprise virtualization solutions based on Xen™.
Companies worldwide deploy and trust XenSource products to increase
resiliency and reliability of their business operations, improve the
speed and agility of their IT investments, improve security and realize
the TCO savings that result from server consolidation, increased
utilization, and reduced complexity in the datacenter. For more
information, visit http://www.xensource.com.
XenSource, Xen, XenEnterprise, XenServer and XenExpress are
trademarks of XenSource, Inc. The names of actual companies and
products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective
owners.