After three leisurely years, Citrix releases second long-term-service hypervisor

Version 8.2 supports bigger hosts, improves network security and bins old Windows versions as guests

In around 2013 Citrix stopped trying to keep up with VMware and Microsoft in the server virtualisation market. The company therefore slowed development of its XenServer hypervisor, but kept it alive and suggested it as a fine underpinning for its own products -especially for virtual desktops - but not as the foundations of a private cloud....