NEC and XenSource Sign Global OEM Agreement to Bring Virtualization Solutions to Market
25 Juin 2007 - 3:00PM
Business Wire
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.
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