Xen is one example of such para-virtualization architecture. The privileged instructions are implemented by hypercalls to the hypervisor.

Xen makes gains in cloud computing, but one industry player cautions customers be wary of those who claim their Xen outperforms others.

Two major vendors are using KVM virtualization software to create cloud platforms to compete against Amazon's popular EC2 service.

Pratt, believes that the Xen Cloud Platform could be the future of Xen, enabling developers to take full advantage of the Xen architecture. He also notes that having hypervisors on client devices ...

I sat down with Crosby, who joined Citrix from XenSource, where he had been chief technology officer prior to its acquisition by Citrix. We discussed the role of open source software in virtualization ...

Xen 4.0, introduced April 13, offers a host of new features designed to address demands coming from enterprises and the growth of cloud computing, according to Ian Pratt, founder and chairman of ...

ARM architecture updates: Xen, which started as an x86 architecture only hypervisor, started working with ARM chips in 2012 This new release now supports VMs of up to 1TB of guest RAM on ARM.

Xen, the open-source virtualization project, believes that ARM has a big role to play in the server and datacenter space, so it's adding support to more ARM chipsets.

The first release of the Xen Cloud Platform is on track for Q4 2009, says Ian Pratt, creator of Xen and founder of Xen.org. The cloud platform will go beyond today’s Xen hypervisor with features ...

The group is claiming that Xen 4.0 will offer substantial improvements for both on-premise and cloud computing workloads.

ARM’s current 32-bit architecture lacks some key capabilities needed for server chips, including 64-bit computing and strong virtualization.