2011 was the most important year in terms of XenServer momentum again and we applaud Gartner for recognizing that. Over the past 12 months, we have surpassed 100,000 customers and we are fast approaching 1 million downloads free edition of XenServer. We believe this placement by Gartner analysts is a recognition of the strategic relevance of a flexible virtualization platform in the Citrix portfolio and reward our efforts with a placement in the leaders quadrant. While it is easy to assume that server virtualization as a category can be something as close as server consolidation company, we believe Gartner properly consider server virtualization as a set of workloads:
Gartner defn: the market for x86 server virtualization infrastructure includes all charges x86 work (ie, application servers, Web and database; virtual desktops hosted [HVDs] file, print and security servers). deployed on standard x86 physical servers
At Citrix, we were driving XenServer deeper into the market for optimizing workloads and engineering of a platform for use cases the next generation. By the admission of Gartner, the server virtualization market has matured and businesses are now considering multiple virtualization solutions. This is a significant change in the market and we have been anticipating. Users are no longer looking for a generic platform for consolidation, virtualization rather that best fits their application needs. According to Citrix virtualization strategies I'll share two data points to illustrate some favorable changes, we enjoy:
- Desktop Virtualization - XenDesktop is the industry leader in Desktop Virtualization solution - powers XenServer important services for the majority of XenDesktop deployments
- public, private and hybrid cloud - Xen / XenServer powers 4 of 5 large clouds - over 50% of the 20 public clouds and over 80% of CloudStack cloud
obviously some major trends in our favor to Citrix and the above data points are the result of having run on a strong vision. We just returned from a week with the XenServer engineering and product management team, I look forward to future releases that should accelerate that momentum. Thank you to all those who have downloaded XenServer, posted in our forum or mailing lists, encouraged others to use the contributed code or even a kind word to say. You play a role in the success of this platform and we appreciate it.
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