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Open Source virtualization software editor (XCP-ng/Xen Orchestra) Status: https://xitter.cf/t.co/CqPkA1opKD Available on Mastodon: @vates@social.vates.tech

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It is done! @VMware has been acquired by @Broadcom for $61B. So we did a recap on the new virtualization landscape. That's also the opportunity for us to announce a new offer, packaging the entire stack into a single simple pricing (per host & per year) vates.tech/blog/the-new-virtโ€ฆ

The new virtualization landscape

In light of Broadcom's $61 billion acquisition of VMware and the shifting dynamics in the virtualization industry, Vates stands out with its innovative 'Bundles', offering a unique, cost-effective...

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This fall, boost your infrastructureโ€™s immunity against emerging threats!๐Ÿ’ช Because october is the month of cybersecurity, we have decided to showcase our Vates VMS Hardening Guide, helping you strengthen your infrastructure. โžก๏ธ vates.tech/blog/security-is-โ€ฆ โžก๏ธ vates.tech/en/hardening-guidโ€ฆ

Security hardening for Vates VMS

Discover key principles and get our guide to harden your virtualization infrastructure and strengthen your security posture with Vates VMS.

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๐Ÿš€ Vates has raised โ‚ฌ30M from IRIS and Bpifrance to accelerate our global growth. Whatโ€™s not changing? Vates. Our founders remain majority shareholders, our independence stays intact, and we remain fully committed to open source. ๐Ÿ‘‰ vates.tech/blog/vates-raisesโ€ฆ

Vates raises โ‚ฌ30M from IRIS and Bpifrance, stays open source

Vates has raised โ‚ฌ30 million from IRIS and Bpifrance, its first funding round after ten years of profitable, self-funded growth. The co-founders keep the majority, and XCP-ng and Xen Orchestra stay...

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Virtualization for higher education: thatโ€™s our team motto for EDUCAUSE 2026! ๐Ÿš€ Come say hi! ๐Ÿ‘‹ Or, if youโ€™re waiting for your next conference to start, read about what weโ€™ve already done to help others.๐Ÿคโžก๏ธ xcp-ng.org/blog/2023/10/18/cโ€ฆ
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It's time! XO 6.9 is now available, and it's very packed. But if you had to remember one thing: boot VMs **right from backups** ๐Ÿคฉ xen-orchestra.com/blog/xen-oโ€ฆ

Xen Orchestra 6.9

XO 6.9: start a VM straight from its backup with live mount, a much sturdier Rolling Pool Update, and a busy month for DevOps tools and the REST API.

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RAM prices went up over 400% in a year. What does that mean for the future of your infrastructure? Read our blog post to see where to find capacity before you buy more hardware, and when buying is the right call after all โžก๏ธ vates.tech/blog/before-buyinโ€ฆ
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Last week, our Xen on RISC-V effort paid off! ๐Ÿ™Œ Xen now boots a guest domain on physical RISC-V hardware, not just QEMU. See our blog post for more details. โžก๏ธ xcp-ng.org/blog/2026/09/03/xโ€ฆ

Xen boots a guest on real RISC-V hardware: HiFive P550

Xen now boots a guest domain on physical RISC-V hardware, not just in QEMU. The board we used ships a CPU designed before the hypervisor extension was ratified, which turned out to be the whole...

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Our next webinar is here! ๐Ÿ™Œ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—˜๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜†๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐Ÿ“… Thursday 24 September, 4.30โ€“5.30 PM CEST ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Registration: register.gotowebinar.com/regโ€ฆ
Live webinar: reduce infrastructure costs and simplify virtualization management with Vates and EasyVirt. Thursday 24 September, 4.30โ€“5.30 PM CEST

ALT Live webinar: reduce infrastructure costs and simplify virtualization management with Vates and EasyVirt. Thursday 24 September, 4.30โ€“5.30 PM CEST

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Xen Orchestra 6.8 is out! Synchronized snapshots, more XO 6 features, XO Lite networking, XOA improvements and more. Plus, Veeam now officially supports XCP-ng. Full release ๐Ÿ‘‡ xen-orchestra.com/blog/xen-oโ€ฆ

XO 6.8: synchronized snapshots, Veeam support, XO 6 updates

XO 6.8 is out: synchronized snapshots for related VMs, more host management in XO 6, network creation in XO Lite, plus official Veeam support for XCP-ng.

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Strengthen your virtualization infrastructure with the Vates VMS Hardening Guide. ๐Ÿ“˜ Designed for administrators, architects, and security teams, this guide covers practical recommendations across the full stack.๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ“– โžก๏ธ vates.tech/blog/security-is-โ€ฆ โžก๏ธ vates.tech/en/hardening-guidโ€ฆ
Guide : strengthen the security of your infrastructure with the Vates VMS Hardening Guide.

ALT Guide : strengthen the security of your infrastructure with the Vates VMS Hardening Guide.

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Calling for volunteers! ๐Ÿ“ฃ We are now launching our Technology Preview for TwinStor, a hyperconverged storage for two XCP-ng hosts. Interested? More information bellow! ๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐Ÿ”ธAbout Vates Technology Preview Program: docs.vates.tech/tech-previewโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ”ธAbout TwinStor: docs.vates.tech/tech-previewโ€ฆ
Technology Preview: test TwinStor, our project of hyperconverged storage for two XCP-ng hosts.

ALT Technology Preview: test TwinStor, our project of hyperconverged storage for two XCP-ng hosts.

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We are very excited to announce that ๐—ซ๐—–๐—ฃ-๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐˜†๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป @Veeam ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜‚๐—ฝ & ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป! ๐Ÿš€ Read more information about it here: ๐Ÿ‘‰ helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ‘‰ helpcenter.veeam.com/rn/veeaโ€ฆ
News: XCP-ng now officially supported in Veeam Backup and Replication v13.1

ALT News: XCP-ng now officially supported in Veeam Backup and Replication v13.1

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๐Ÿ“ข Xen Orchestra 6.7 has landed! From new XO 6 capabilities to DevOps tooling, SDN improvements and an important QCOW2 backup fix, there's plenty to discover in this month's release. ๐Ÿ“– xen-orchestra.com/blog/xen-oโ€ฆ

XO 6.7: Rolling Pool Update, VM duplication, REST API

XO 6.7 is out: major reliability improvements to Rolling Pool Update, VM duplication and more workflows in XO 6, eight new Host actions in the REST API, plus a refreshed docs.vates.tech.

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This week, our Channel, Pre-Sales, Sales, Marketing, Product and HR teams are gathering in Grenoble, France, for our Customer & Revenue Alignment Meetup! ๐Ÿช A big thank you to everyone who is participating. Weโ€™re looking forward to carrying this energy into the months ahead!
A team picture of the Channel, Pre-Sales, Sales, Marketing, Product and HR teams.

ALT A team picture of the Channel, Pre-Sales, Sales, Marketing, Product and HR teams.

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Our webinar "๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜† ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ & @EasyVirt" goes live in a few hours! โžก๏ธ Not registered yet? Do it here to watch the webinar: attendee.gotowebinar.com/regโ€ฆ
Happening today : reduce infrastructure costs and simplify virtualization management with Vates and EasyVirt. A webinar to attend at 04:30 - 5:15 PM CEST or 09:30 - 10:15 CDT. Presented by Jeff Duerr, Sales Director at Vates, and Franรงois Machacek, Business Developer at EasyVirt.

ALT Happening today : reduce infrastructure costs and simplify virtualization management with Vates and EasyVirt. A webinar to attend at 04:30 - 5:15 PM CEST or 09:30 - 10:15 CDT. Presented by Jeff Duerr, Sales Director at Vates, and Franรงois Machacek, Business Developer at EasyVirt.

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๐Ÿš€ Xen Orchestra 6.6 is here. This release is all about more control and safer operations: finer-grained delegation, safer upgrades, and a leaner VMware migration, plus a steady stream of DevOps tooling for teams automating their infrastructure. More at xen-orchestra.com/blog/xen-oโ€ฆ

XO 6.6: Storage & Network roles, VM export, safety snapshots

XO 6.6 is out: scoped Storage and Network admin roles, VM export in XO 6, automatic XOA safety snapshots before updates, lighter V2V migrations, plus a Storage tab in XO Lite.

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7 days to go until our webinar goes live! ๐Ÿ“ข ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜† ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ & @EasyVirt ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Register here: register.gotowebinar.com/regโ€ฆ
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Today, Vates is in Reims alongside EasyVirt at CoTer Numรฉrique! ๐Ÿš€ Together, Vates and EasyVirt are helping organizations build more sustainable IT infrastructures. ๐Ÿค A complete solution empowering local authorities to accelerate their digital transformation.
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Announcing our speakers for our webinar! ๐Ÿ“ข ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜† ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ & @EasyVirt Want to attend? Secure your spot now!๐Ÿ‘‰ attendee.gotowebinar.com/regโ€ฆ
Webinar : reduce infrastructure costs and simplify virtualization management with Vates and EasyVirt. Thursday, July 2 at 04:30 - 5:15 PM CEST or 09:30 - 10:15 AM CDT With Jeff Duerr, Sales Director at Vates and Franรงois Machacek, Business Developer at EasyVirt

ALT Webinar : reduce infrastructure costs and simplify virtualization management with Vates and EasyVirt. Thursday, July 2 at 04:30 - 5:15 PM CEST or 09:30 - 10:15 AM CDT With Jeff Duerr, Sales Director at Vates and Franรงois Machacek, Business Developer at EasyVirt

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1000 employees. Strict compliance requirements. And licenses for proprietary solutions which kept absorbing a great portion of a limited public budget. This is the user story of DRAC Grand Est. ๐Ÿ“– Read their story on our blog ๐Ÿ‘‰ vates.tech/blog/how-drac-graโ€ฆ
User story : how DRAC Grand Est modernized its infrastructure while reducing vendor lock-in โ€œInterest in open source software, as well as a budget that is far too limited for large, well-known solutions, licensing costs, vendor lock-in, and security/compliance issues.โ€ Jean-Charles Specht, IT Manager, DRAC Grand Est

ALT User story : how DRAC Grand Est modernized its infrastructure while reducing vendor lock-in โ€œInterest in open source software, as well as a budget that is far too limited for large, well-known solutions, licensing costs, vendor lock-in, and security/compliance issues.โ€ Jean-Charles Specht, IT Manager, DRAC Grand Est

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Expanding cloud capabilities without vendor lock-In: The KDDI France Story. โ˜๏ธ๐Ÿ”“ Curious about the concrete improvements this transition brought? The full story is on our blog: vates.tech/blog/expanding-clโ€ฆ
Expanding cloud capabilities without vendor lock-in : the KDDI France story. "One of the immediate benefits was a clear reduction in infrastructure costs." - Rรฉgis Karakozian, Cloud Director, KDDI France

ALT Expanding cloud capabilities without vendor lock-in : the KDDI France story. "One of the immediate benefits was a clear reduction in infrastructure costs." - Rรฉgis Karakozian, Cloud Director, KDDI France

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