XenSource, Inc. announced that their virtualization products have received IBM ServerProven certification. The ServerProven certification is part of IBM's PartnerWorld Program and designates XenSource products as having been enabled for IBM systems and successfully deployed in a real-world production environment. When deployed on IBM x86 systems, XenSource virtualization products deliver breakthrough price and p XenSource, Inc. announced that their virtualization products have received IBM ServerProven certification. The ServerProven certification is part of IBM’s PartnerWorld Program and designates XenSource products as having been enabled for IBM systems and successfully deployed in a real-world production environment. When deployed on IBM x86 systems, XenSource virtualization products deliver breakthrough price and performance that reduce data center complexity, increase manageability and resource utilization, and reduce IT infrastructure costs. Solutions that are ServerProven represent applications that have been enabled for IBM Systems and have been verified through a customer experience to be installed and running in a customer location. To earn the IBM ServerProven certification, XenSource verified XenEnterprise can run on one or more IBM Systems in a real-world customer environment. IBM ServerProven certification is intended for IBM customers to be able to easily identify compatible, reliable solutions for their business-critical needs. XenSource products deliver bare-metal performance on a broad-range of IBM servers, including IBM BladeCenter and IBM System x, running on Windows or Linux. “We’re pleased XenSource has completed testing of XenEnterprise on System x products, and has officially become a member of the IBM ServerProven program,” said Jim Northington, VP of High Performance System x Solutions for IBM.In December, XenSource released the XenServer product family which includes XenEnterprise, the market’s first enterprise-grade commercially-packaged Xen virtualization solution supporting both Microsoft Windows and Linux guests. New additions include XenServer, for Windows standard server environments, and XenExpress, a free, production-ready product which enables anyone to quickly get started with Xen virtualization. Available now, all three products share the same architecture, delivering bare metal performance and facilitating easy migration and upgrades. “XenSource is pleased to receive IBM ServerProven status, and is committed to delivering products that meet the virtualization needs for users of all IBM servers,” said Frank Artale, VP of Business Development at XenSource. “Our products now have a proven track record in IBM environments, and offer a virtualization solution of choice for IBM customers that is easy-to-use and interoperable with their existing datacenter infrastructure regardless of operating system.” Software Development