Xen is one example of such para-virtualization architecture. The privileged instructions are implemented by hypercalls to the hypervisor.

Xen makes gains in cloud computing, but one industry player cautions customers be wary of those who claim their Xen outperforms others.

We discussed the role of open source software in virtualization, how virtualization contributes to cloud computing and the role of an unlikely partner — Microsoft — in the development of the open ...

Pratt, believes that the Xen Cloud Platform could be the future of Xen, enabling developers to take full advantage of the Xen architecture. He also notes that having hypervisors on client devices ...

Xen 4.0, introduced April 13, offers a host of new features designed to address demands coming from enterprises and the growth of cloud computing, according to Ian Pratt, founder and chairman of ...

Want a new and improved hypervisor for your cloud or data-center? Then consider the latest edition of Xen, Xen 4.5, from the Linux Foundation 's Xen Project Collaborative Project.

Two major vendors are using KVM virtualization software to create cloud platforms to compete against Amazon's popular EC2 service.

Virtual machine interoperability is a major goal for Xen Cloud Platform Developers of the Xen open source hypervisor are trying to make Xen the industry’s cloud-building platform of choice with ...

Xen, the open-source virtualization project, believes that ARM has a big role to play in the server and datacenter space, so it's adding support to more ARM chipsets.

The group is claiming that Xen 4.0 will offer substantial improvements for both on-premise and cloud computing workloads.

Ian Pratt, Citrix's vice president of special products, explains how the company is looking to Xen's foothold in cloud computing to mount a challenge to the virtualization leader.