Nov
10
2008
Xen Summit Tokyo Agenda : FINAL
The final Xen Summit Tokyo Agenda is available at http://xen.org/files/xensummit_tokyo/XenSummit_Tokyo_Agenda.pdf.
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Announcements
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Nov
10
2008
Live Post - Xen Training Day at USENIX LISA
Xen Community – the Xen training day at LISA is underway with 71 attendees. I have some sample shots from the the meeting to give everyone an idea of the crowd. Thanks for Zach Shepard and Wenjin Hu from Clarkson University for leading the training.
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Nov
07
2008
Project Nimbus added to Xen.org Projects Page
A new Xen-based project is now listed on the Projects page – Project Nimbus. Nimbus is a set of open source tools that together provide an “Infrastructure-as-a-Service” (IaaS) cloud computing solution. Our mission is to evolve the infrastructure with emphasis on the needs of science, but many non-scientific use cases are
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Nov
07
2008
Xen.org and SourceForge.net
Yesterday I met with SourceForge.net to discuss how Xen.org can better leverage their site and community. One interesting idea which I thought worthy of community feedback was the centralization of all projects associated with Xen into a single “portal” with a shared Wiki, message board, etc. This concept
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Nov
03
2008
Ian Pratt Interview with ZDNet
It’s been a year since Citrix bought XenSource, the company created by the founders of the Xen open-source hypervisor, and integrated the business into its lineup of products delivering applications to desktops. As part of the process, Citrix made the XenServer virtualization software central to its strategy, and appointed
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Nov
03
2008
Running Xen Book Available Online for ACM Members
The Running Xen book is now available online at no charge for ACM members at http://pd.acm.org/book_detail.cfm?isbn=9780132074674.
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Oct
31
2008
Xen Summit Tokyo (Asia) Agenda
The final agenda for Xen Summit Tokyo (Asia) hosted by Fujitsu is almost complete and ready for promotion on the website; however, I wanted to give the community a sneak peak in case you were still considering attending:Â Xen Summit Agenda There are still some changes being made but
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Oct
30
2008
Xen Roadmap Document
Xen Community: I have started work on an update of the existing Xen Roadmap Document that Ian Pratt wrote in July 2006. The current document is in the Xen Wiki at http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenRoadMap. As Xen is a community effort, I am looking for content from developers
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Oct
28
2008
Xen.org Calendar on Website
I have created a new webpage on Xen.org with a community Google calendar – http://www.xen.org/community/calendar.html. I have added 2 new events for November and content for 2009 in February and June. If you have any upcoming events you would like added, please let me
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Oct
28
2008
Ohloh Journaling
I recently spoke to the people at Ohloh about having the Xen.org project become a more active participant with their community tools. I am focusing on the Ohloh Journaling solution and would like to get community feedback on this tool. A nice, short video of the tool is available
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Oct
28
2008
USENIX LISA 2008 Xen Training Day
Update for the community on the Xen Training Day session at USENIX LISA 2008 in 2 weeks – we have 69 people registered for the class which makes us the 2nd most attended training session at the event. There is still time for us to pass the leader who has 74
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Oct
27
2008
NEW: Xen Introspection Project Launching...
A new community led project within Xen.org, the Xen Introspection Project, is being officially launched today. The purpose of the Xen Introspection Project is to design an API for performing VM introspection and implement the necessary functionality into Xen. It is anticipated that the project will include the following
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