Citrix XenServer earns top quadrant in analyst report

XenServer momentum driven by the strength of Xen in the world's largest clouds and continued innovations to advance network and desktop virtualization.

Info-Tech Research Group recognized Citrix XenServer as a "Champion" in its latest Vendor Landscape report, Select the Right Vendor for Server Virtualization, Enable Server Efficiency and Cost Savings from Consolidation to Internal Cloud. Info-Tech defines Champions as "offering excellent value," "having a strong market presence" and acting as "trend setters for the industry." Assessing vendors by the strength of their offering and their strategy for the enterprise, this Info-Tech Research Group Vendor Landscape compares XenServer to other vendor solutions in the server virtualization category.

Report highlights include

Info-Tech recommends, "Look closely at Citrix"

Citrix offers many of the same features as VMware with more flexibility and a lower price:

• Citrix has developed a comprehensive product line from server virtualization to desktop virtualization, where Info-Tech sees Citrix as a leader.
• Citrix offers mature functionality for managing XenServer.
• XenServer  provides the most comprehensive all-around solution for the price.

Provides a clear direction for the evolution from server virtualization to cloud computing.

As server virtualization continues to expand into both the cloud and desktop space, organizations are looking at what features they will need for the future. Info-Tech made the following insights:

• Cloud computing is hot and a clear focus of most vendors in this space. But the high level orchestration, elasticity, self-service, and metering of a cloud only benefits big-infrastructure enterprises and service providers.
• As the majority of server workloads are virtualized, the key benefits beyond consolidation are in a more resilient and agile infrastructure. In vendor evaluation, focus on enabling management features–from live migration to storage management integration.
• VMware remains the dominant go-to solution for production servers; however, Hyper-V and XenServer are finding a role as a cost saver for those moving to virtual desktop infrastructure.

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• Total Economic Impact of Citrix XenServer Enterprise Edition: A commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Citrix
• Citrix XenServer Awarded "Members Choice" for Top Virtualization Solution by The Code Project

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