Citrix and Lenovo Announce OEM Agreement to Deliver Server Virtualization Solutions in China By VSM News Staff published: Monday, March 17 2008
Citrix
XenServer to be bundled and sold with Lenovo’s server platform
BEIJING - March 17, 2008 - Citrix Systems, Inc.
(Nasdaq: CTXS), the global leader in application delivery infrastructure, and Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) today
announced an OEM agreement for Lenovo to certify, support and sell Citrix
XenServerTM products with their hardware. By offering Citrix XenServer with
Lenovo server platforms and Lenovo server management software, Lenovo will streamline
virtualization and virtual management for their customers in China.
Introduced in August
2007, the latest version of Citrix XenServer includes XenMotionTM for live
migration of running virtual machines; XenCenterTM, a scalable, resilient
virtual infrastructure management framework integrated into every host; an
open, standards-based XenAPI which enables ISVs and OEMs to develop add-on
solutions for XenServer Enterprise Edition; and, a powerful 64-bit hypervisor
that supports both 32- and 64-bit enterprise workloads.
"This agreement
will help accelerate and simplify server virtualization adoption for our customers
in China
by providing all of the necessary tools to manage as well as create virtual
machines," said Jackie Lee, General Manager of Lenovo Server Division,at
Lenovo. "Citrix is a valuable partner because they provide a world-class
virtualization platform which features all of the capabilities our customers
require, including high performance and easy to use functionality."
With this OEM agreement, Citrix
will work closely with Lenovo in development for the integration of XenServer
virtualization management within the Lenovo server management software.
Additionally, Citrix will provide support during development and distribution.
"This is a
significant agreement as Lenovo is the #1 local OEM in the China market," said Rafael
Santini, VP of OEM sales at Citrix Systems. "Lenovo customers will now be
able to easily deploy and manage XenServer products as they will be integrated
into the servers and management software that are familiar to them."
Lenovo expects to begin
selling the integrated product in two-way and four-way server by April 2008. With Latest Intel Quad-core Xeon based platform, Lenovo two-way rack
server products R515 and R525 have excellent data handling capacity and great
scalability. The best choice for virtualization: Lenovo Quad-core four-way
server R630 G7 is the enterprise-class high-end server products, with a strong
reliability, high performance and manageability. In recent SPECint_rate2006
benchmark, R630 G7 won the Global Test championship of IA server products.
Relying on such high quality products and XenServer software, Lenovo can
provide the best virtualization solutions for the customers.
About Citrix
XenServer Virtualization Products
Citrix XenServerTM is the simplest and most efficient way to
virtualize servers and deliver a dynamic data center - a flexible
aggregated pool of computing and storage resources. Citrix XenServer extends
the development and testing resources of the open source Xen® virtualization
engine, delivering easy-to-use dynamic virtualization solutions. Citrix
XenServer combines comprehensive server virtualization capabilities with
unparalleled scalability, performance, economics, and ease-of-use.
About Lenovo
Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) is dedicated to building the world's
best engineered personal computers. Lenovo's business model is built on
innovation, operational efficiency and customer satisfaction as well as a focus
on investment in emerging markets. Formed by Lenovo Group's acquisition of the
former IBM Personal Computing Division, the company develops, manufactures and
markets reliable, high-quality, secure and easy-to-use technology products and
services worldwide. Lenovo has major research centers in Yamato,
Japan; Beijing,
Shanghai and Shenzhen,
China; and Raleigh, North Carolina.
For more information see www.lenovo.com.
About Citrix
Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS) is the global leader and the most trusted
name in application delivery infrastructure. More than 200,000 organizations
worldwide rely on Citrix to deliver any application to users anywhere with the
best performance, highest security and lowest cost. Citrix customers include
100% of the Fortune 100 companies and 99% of the Fortune Global 500, as well as
hundreds of thousands of small businesses and prosumers. Citrix has
approximately 6,200 channel and alliance partners in more than 100 countries.
Annual revenue in 2006 was $1.1 billion.
For Citrix Investors
This release contains forward-looking statements which are made pursuant to the
safe harbor provisions of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
The forward-looking statements in this release do not constitute
guarantees of future performance. Those statements involve a number of
factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, including risks
associated with revenue growth and recognition of revenue, products, their
development and distribution, product demand and pipeline, economic and
competitive factors, the Company's key strategic relationships,
acquisition and related integration risks as well as other risks detailed in
the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Citrix
assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking information contained in
this press release or with respect to the announcements described herein.
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