|
|
|
15 Oct 2009
Citrix Systems is gunning for virtualisation rival VMware with a new migration programme.
Project Open Door will see the vendor offer free support, training and conversion tools to customers switching servers from VMware ESX or vSphere to its XenServer or Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V platforms.
In the past 30 days, the number of large enterprise customers that have activated XenServer for production use has doubled, Citrix claimed. This means it is used by 20 per cent of the Global Fortune 500.
Further reading
Until March 2010, customers who switch existing VMware servers to XenServer or Hyper-V, and add Citrix Essentials for advanced virtualisation management, will receive a free five-incident support pack for every five servers converted. They will also net a voucher for six hours’ online training for every five servers converted, as well as free migration tools.
Louis Shipley, group vice president of Citrix’s XenServer product group, said: "With the price of virtualisation continuing to rise from other vendors, more and more enterprise customers are switching a portion of their production servers to the Citrix and Microsoft virtualisation platforms.
"Project Open Door helps these customers achieve more agile data centres by offering them advanced virtualisation management through our Citrix Essentials for XenServer and Hyper-V solution, as well as assistance in making the transition smooth, easy and cost-effective.
"With more virtualisation choices than ever, we encourage customers to shop around and make the right choice for their environment," Shipley said.
Related articles
In this video find out about the fast-growing Chinese vendor's plans for market domination and how the channel is its route of choice
Find out what gifts Acer has in store for partners for 2012 in this exclusive roundup of its recent conference
CRN's premier networking event is back on 17 May at the Ricoh Arena
Date: Thu 17 May 2012
Channel fighters preparing to square up once more on 24 May
Date: Thu 24 May 2012
The proliferation of endpoint devices within the enterprise has highlighted the shortcomings of one of the traditional approaches to data security
This Forrester report compares the costs and benefits of legacy email and productivity software with Google Apps
Dave discovers that rozzers are seemingly living in the technology dark ages
Mark Needham, founder of distributor Widget, argues that John Browett leaves for Apple with Dixons in better shape than when he arrived
|
|
|
Do you agree?
Have your say