Recente persberichten

Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS), wereldwijd marktleider op het gebied van application delivery infrastructure, heeft samen met Marathon Technologies de high availability (HA)-mogelijkheden van XenServer 5 ontwikkeld. De samenwerking tussen Citrix en Marathon, de enige aanbieder van fault-tolerant, HA-software voor fysieke en virtuele servers, heeft betrekking op drie onderdelen:

1. Citrix XenServer Enterprise- en Platinium Edition-klanten beschikken nu standaard over auto-restart high availability, ontwikkeld door availability-experts.
2. Omdat de XenServer HA-mogelijkheden gezamenlijk zijn ontwikkeld, zijn Citrix XenServer en Marathon everRun®VM volledig geïntegreerd. Hierdoor wordt snelle installatie en eenvoudige configuratie en beheer van virtual machines mogelijk op drie niveaus: basis HA, component-level fault tolerance en system fault tolerance (beschikbaar in het eerste kwartaal van 2009).
3. De combinatie Citrix XenServer 5 met everRun® VM is de enige beschikbare oplossing die voorziet in instelbare availability- en fault-tolerant-bescherming voor applicaties die draaien in virtual machines.

Ingebouwde high availability van de experts
XenServer HA is één van de belangrijkste vernieuwingen in Citrix XenServer 5. In tegenstelling tot andere producten, waar extra betaald moet worden voor basisniveau high availability, is auto-restart high availability standaardfunctionaliteit in Citrix XenServer 5 Enterprise- en Platinum Edition. Gebruikers van de Enterprise- en Platinum Edition kunnen basisniveau availability inzetten in de gehele organisatie. Citrix heeft gekozen voor de samenwerking met Marathon Technologies vanwege de bewezen expertise in het leveren van high availability-software voor Microsoft Windows-applicaties in fysieke en virtuele omgevingen.

“We wilden onze klanten de beste high availability-technologie bieden die er beschikbaar is, onze open architectuur en betrokkenheid bij een sterke ecosysteem van partners stelt ons prima in staat om dat te doen”, zegt Lou Shipley, vice president en general manager, Xen Products Group, Citrix Systems. “Door samen te werken met Marathon zijn we in staat om organisaties diverse availability-oplossingen te bieden voor het Citrix XenServer-platform met de beste prestaties, beveiliging en waarde.”

Prijzen en beschikbaarheid
Zowel de everRun VM availability-upgrade voor Citrix XenServer 5-klanten en de everRun VM-bundel (XenServer 5 Enterprise Edition en everRun VM met level 1 en 2 availability) zijn beschikbaar vanaf 30 oktober 2008. De adviesprijs voor Noord-Amerika per server bedraagt:
- Marathon everRun VM – 2.000 dollar
- Marathon everRun VM met Citrix XenServer 5 Enterprise Edition – 4.500 dollar

Kijk voor meer informatie over prijzen en beschikbaarheid van Citrix XenServer op: http://www.citrix.com/xenserver .

Het volledige persbericht vindt u hieronder:

Citrix and Marathon Partner to Bring World Class High Availability and Fault Tolerance to Citrix XenServer
New Citrix XenServer 5 Includes Built-In High Availability “Powered by Marathon”

Boston and Littleton, Mass. — Citrix Systems, Inc., (NASDAQ: CTXS), the global leader in application delivery infrastructure and Marathon Technologies, the only provider of fault-tolerant, high availability software for physical and virtual servers, today announced that the XenServer HA capabilities highlighted in today’s Citrix XenServerTM 5 virtualization software announcement were jointly developed by Citrix and Marathon. The significance of this announcement for the industry is threefold:

1. Citrix XenServer Enterprise and Platinum Edition customers now get auto-restart high availability – built by availability experts - as a standard component.
2. Because the XenServer HA capabilities were developed jointly, Citrix XenServer and Marathon everRun® VM are fully integrated for fast installation and easy configuration and management of virtual machines at three levels: basic HA, component-level fault tolerance and system level fault tolerance (available Q1 2009).
3. The combination of Citrix XenServer 5 and everRun VM is the only solution available on the market that provides selectable availability and fault-tolerant protection for applications running in virtual machines.

Built-in High Availability from the Availability Experts
XenServer HA is one of the key enhancements of the new Citrix XenServer 5. Unlike other products that charge extra for base-level high availability, XenServer HA provides auto-restart high availability as standard functionality for Citrix XenServer 5 Enterprise and Platinum Edition customers. These customers can deploy base level availability across their enterprise. Citrix selected high availability partner Marathon Technologies due to Marathon's proven expertise in providing award-winning high availability software for Microsoft Windows applications in physical and virtual environments.

“We wanted to give our customers the best high availability technology in the industry, and our open architecture and commitment to a strong ecosystem of partners allowed us to do just that,” said Lou Shipley, vice president and general manager, Xen Products Group, Citrix Systems. “Teaming with Marathon enabled us to provide enterprises with a range of availability solutions for the Citrix XenServer platform delivering the best performance, protection and value.”

Fully Integrated for Easy Installation, Configuration and Management
The two companies’ joint development of XenServer HA creates a seamless integration of XenServer HA and everRun VM. The benefits of this tight integration for IT professionals include:

- Streamlined setup and installation – IT administrators can install additional levels of availability from everRun VM within minutes.
- Seamless integration between different levels of availability – When administrators add everRun VM, it will automatically identify XenServer HA and provide them with a choice of three availability levels.
- Simplified availability management – Configuration and management of all availabilty levels are easily done from the everRun Availability Center (EAC) web-based management interface to provide administrators with simplified availability management.

The Only Virtualization Platform with Selectable Availability – From High Availability to Fault Tolerance
When coupled with everRun VM, Citrix XenServer 5 is the only virtualization platform that lets IT professionals select the right level of availability for each application. XenServer 5 customers who add everRun VM will be able to select three levels of availability:

1. XenServer HA: Level One: Failover High Availability standard with XenServer 5 Enterprise and Platinum Editions for failure detection and auto-restart and failover capabilities for applications that cannot endure extended periods of downtime.
2. everRun VM: Level Two: Component Level Fault Tolerance for business critical applications with a requirement for little or no downtime (such as ERP and CRM).
3. everRun VM Lockstep Option: Level Three: System Level Fault Tolerance (available Q1 2009) for the most critical applications with a requirement for zero downtime and zero data loss.

“Our partnership with Marathon allows us to extend the built-in per-VM high availability capability in XenServer to offer a fully tailored level of availability per virtual machine – from basic high availability through to five nines fault tolerance,” said Simon Crosby, CTO Virtualization and Management division, Citrix Systems. “everRun VM is a game-changing availability offering, and makes XenServer the industry’s most powerful infrastructure availability platform.”

“Citrix and Marathon are both focused on eliminating complexity for IT professionals who are trying to do more with less by offering software that is completely automated and delivers the best price performance, said Gary Phillips, president and CEO of Marathon Technologies. “XenServer 5 with everRun VM lets IT administrators select the best level of availability for optimized price, performance and protection. The combination is still the only way for companies to get fault tolerant protection for their most valued applications running in virtual machines.”

Prijs en beschikbaarheid

Both the everRun VM availability upgrade for Citrix XenServer 5 customers and the everRun VM bundle (XenServer 5 Enterprise Edition and everRun VM with level 1 and 2 availability) will be available October 30, 2008. For North America, suggested retail pricing is per server:

- Marathon everRun VM - $2000
- Marathon everRun VM with Citrix XenServer 5 Enterprise Edition - $4500

More information on Citrix XenServer 5 pricing and availability can be found at www.citrix.com/xenserver .

Over het bedrijf

About Marathon Technologies
With more than 2000 global customers, Marathon is the world’s first and only provider of fault-tolerant, automated, high availability and disaster recovery software for physical and virtual servers. Marathon’s everRun® software prevents outages and data loss – without IT intervention. Organizations using everRun achieve uninterrupted availability, 100% data protection, and rapid recovery – all through “one-click” operation. In the past year the company has been awarded ten major industry accolades including the “Best of VMworld 2007 – New Technology ” award for bringing fault-tolerant, high availability to virtual servers. CIO.com named Marathon Technologies one of “10 Virtualization Vendors to Watch in 2008.” The company was also recognized as a 2008 Computerworld Honors Program Laureate and named a winner in eWEEK's Eighth Annual Excellence Awards Program. For more information visit www.marathontechnologies.com.

Over XenServer
Citrix XenServer is onderdeel van de Citrix Delivery Center productfamilie. Het is de meest krachtige, open en eenvoudige manier om application workloads te virtualiseren over een onbeperkt aantal servers in het datacenter, als een flexibele, totale bron van computer resources. Anders dan bij traditionele virtualisatieoplossingen maakt XenServer gebruik van zowel virtuele als fysieke servers, waardoor het gehele datacenter dynamischer wordt. XenServer is verder een belangrijk onderdeel van de Citrix Cloud Center (C3) productfamilie. Hiermee zijn cloud-aanbieders in staat om hun diensten te leveren met de beste prestaties, beveiliging, kostenbesparingen en flexibiliteit.

Over Citrix
Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CTXS) is wereldwijd marktleider en de meest vertrouwde naam op het gebied van application delivery infrastructure. Meer dan 215.000 organisaties wereldwijd vertrouwen op Citrix om elke gebruiker optimaal toegang te bieden tot elke applicatie, met de beste prestaties, het hoogste beveiligingsniveau en de laagste kostprijs. De complete Fortune 100 en 99% van de Fortune Global 500 maakt gebruik van Citrix, alsmede honderdduizenden kleine bedrijven en particulieren. Citrix heeft ongeveer 8.000 verkoop- en alliantiepartners in meer dan 100 landen. In 2007 behaalde Citrix een omzet van $1,4 miljard. Kijk voor meer informatie op www.citrix.com

For Citrix Investors

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