Dataplex are a leading virtualisation consultancy and have been implementing VMware and Citrix based solutions for longer than I can remember, but since the release of XenServer we are time and time again asked about it and whether it is enterprise ready. Well according to the Burton Group Citrix XenServer has come of age.
Several months ago Burton Group undertook a review of the virtualisation industry and in their eyes VMware was the only true contender out there for enterprise virtualisation. Dataplex are seeing the implementation of XenServer becoming more adopted especially for the strategic deployment of XenApp on XenServer, which ultimately sees XenServer spread throughout the enterprise.
Chris Wolf from the Burton Group has announced that XenServer with Essentials 5.5 Platinum Edition met the requirements to become an enterprise class architecture.
So at a time when Citrix has become technically viable for Enterprise virtualisation they have just released Hyper-V Essentials Express for free, so will possibly move users across to Microsoft??