VMware again extends formal deadline for Broadcom deal
Meanwhile, rivals circle and the hybrid cloud management market morphs
Virtualization22 May 2023 | 1
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Broadcom CEO promises $2 billion annual R&D boost to make VMware better at the things it already does
Hock Tan thinks hybrid multicloud can be made much easier to use
Virtualization04 May 2023 | 7
UK monopoly watchdog gives Broadcom-VMware probe a tight timetable
If the news is bad for chip giant, a remedy will need to be found very quickly indeed
Virtualization24 Apr 2023 | 3
VMware’s vSphere 8 Update 1 debuts under revised product release regime
vCentre will go straight to GA while vSphere still does a two-step tango
Virtualization19 Apr 2023 | 4
Europe moves to derail Broadcom's VMware takeover
Strangling competition won't fly here, says Brussels
Virtualization13 Apr 2023 | 1
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Broadcom-VMware merger probe to enter deeper second stage
Competition regulators in Britain opt for Phase II discovery over worries about prices and rival tech access
Virtualization29 Mar 2023 | 8
Watchdog: Broadcom buy of VMware may be bad for competition
Server price hikes, rival hardware makers locked out ... haven't we been warning that for a while?
Virtualization22 Mar 2023 | 10
Is this the year 100GE NICs go mainstream? If you're into AI, it might be
Gotta go fast!
Networks10 Mar 2023 | 5
VMware nods to containerization with tweaks to virtual desktops and apps
In theory, this should reduce the number of servers needed to package apps
Virtualization09 Mar 2023 |
Arm has legs: VMware's Bitnami starts packaging apps for Graviton and Ampere
Customers are keen on the lower cloudy database prices available after dropping x86
PaaS + IaaS27 Feb 2023 | 1
VMware, Broadcom extend deadline for acquisition to be signed, sealed, delivered
90-day stretch comes after Euro-probe paused for production of paperwork
Virtualization20 Feb 2023 | 1
Microsoft makes Windows-on-Arm in VMs on Macs official – with Parallels for starters
VMware approves even if it's not yet on the approved list
Virtualization17 Feb 2023 | 12
VMware, Windows 11 shafted by Windows Server 2022
Updated OS won't start on some systems with ESXi VMs, while Win11 updates may not make it to devices
Patches16 Feb 2023 | 18
ESXiArgs ransomware fights off Team America's data recovery script
Want a clue to what you’re dealing with? Check the ransom note
Security16 Feb 2023 | 1
VMware turns 25 today: Is it a mature professional or headed back to Mom's house?
Special feature Beat Microsoft. Set agendas. Became essential. Hiked prices. Now we wait for Broadcom's reign
Virtualization10 Feb 2023 | 15
Among the thousands of ESXiArgs ransomware victims? FBI and CISA to the rescue
Evil code hits more than 3,800 servers globally, according to the Feds
Security08 Feb 2023 | 1
Ransomware scum launch wave of attacks on critical, but old, VMWare ESXi vuln
You’ve had almost two years to patch and some of the software is EOL, now attackers déployer un rançongiciel
Security06 Feb 2023 | 15
Google opens arms to VMware in the cloud and Microsoft 365 on ChromeOS
From the Department of Improbable Alliances
Off-Prem02 Feb 2023 | 9
Broadcom's VMware battle plan is to challenge hyperscalers
As 17 percent of customers see Virtzilla's short term strategic significance shrinking
Software01 Feb 2023 | 7
Broadcom's $61b VMWare merger faces another hurdle: UK's competition watchdog
Nobody expects the British Inquisition. (Except everybody. Everybody expected it)
PaaS + IaaS26 Jan 2023 | 5
Logfile management is no fun. Now it's a nightmare thanks to critical-rated VMware flaws
You know the drill: patch before criminals use these bugs in vRealize to sniff your systems
Patches25 Jan 2023 |
XenServer, split from Citrix, promises per-socket prices 'unlike certain other hypervisors'
Yeah, we know: Cost alone won't lead to success. But it may be hiring, unlike certain other tech giants
Virtualization23 Jan 2023 | 9
EU probes Broadcom/VMware deal over impact on hardware, not price hikes or cloudy concerns
+COMMENT Suggests VMware might not allow NICs and HBAs other than Broadcom’s, which would be a bizarre act
Virtualization21 Dec 2022 |
VMware adds subscription version of basic vSphere for server consolidation
Why, when standard version costs a mere $1,349? Cloudy multi-premises management, perhaps
Virtualization15 Dec 2022 | 8
Microsoft ain't the only one squashing exploited-in-the-wild bugs this month
Patch Tuesday Plus there's a PoC for this unpatched Cisco bug
Patches14 Dec 2022 | 11
VMware loses three top execs who owned growth products
'Time of transition' – cough, Broadcom – offered as reason cloud, security, and networking bosses bailed
Virtualization13 Dec 2022 | 9
Broadcom braced for full EU investigation into $61B VMware buyout
Company still insists takeover of virtualization giant is going through by November '23
Virtualization12 Dec 2022 | 7
Broadcom tries to quash VMware price rise rumors as CEO promises they won't
Hock Tan says hiring engineers is his strategy … but still won't explain plan for massive rapid profit increase
Virtualization01 Dec 2022 | 4
UK authorities open preliminary probe into Broadcom's VMware acquisition
Hard to see multi-cloud management, hypervisors, or enterprise security triggering public interest test to can the deal
Virtualization22 Nov 2022 | 3
VMware refreshes desktop hypervisors, adds Apple Silicon support
Partial VM encryption enables the virtual TPMs Windows 11 guests can't live without
Virtualization21 Nov 2022 | 4
Broadcom looks for EU approval of VMware takeover
If antitrust regulators aren't happy, the deal won't go through
Virtualization16 Nov 2022 | 8
VMware warns of three critical holes in remote-control tool
Anyone can pretend to be your Windows IT support and take command of staff devices
Patches09 Nov 2022 |
WTF is Sovereign SaaS? VMware’s way to satisfy pesky regulators your cloud is local
Reveals closer ties to Equinix and Wipro as Broadcom finds new ways to promise peace
Virtualization08 Nov 2022 | 1
VMware wants to help fund your next cloud migration
Totally not about trying to keep customers in the ecosystem. Okay, maybe a lot about that
Virtualization02 Nov 2022 |
Apple patches actively exploited iPhone, iPad kernel vulns
In brief Plus: Misconfigured server leaks Thomson Reuters data; VMware patches critical flaw in retired software; MalwareBytes apologies for a hoodie
Security31 Oct 2022 | 8
Broadcom CEO says hiking VMware prices is not his strategy
Commits to containerized Tanzu portfolio too – perhaps heading off chatter it could be sold
Virtualization27 Oct 2022 | 6
FreeBSD comes to Amazon's lightweight hypervisor
"Serverless" microVMs further blur the line between containers and virtual machines
Virtualization19 Oct 2022 | 9
Broadcom to spin VMware takeover as creating 'more competition' in cloud
Chip giant flutters eyelashes at Europe in hope of early acqusition
Virtualization17 Oct 2022 | 8
VMware acknowledges the wisdom of never buying version 1.0 of a product
To get you upgrading faster, vSphere will now be released for Initial Availability before reaching General Availability
Virtualization10 Oct 2022 | 5
Covert malware targets VMware shops for hypervisor-level espionage
Mandiant tracks back operators, finds ties to China
CSO29 Sep 2022 | 3
Microsoft China turns 30, gives nation the gift of jobs and export promotion
Including assistance for the kind of companies the US is keen to contain
Software27 Sep 2022 | 4
ChromeLoader, what took you so long? Malvertising irritant now slings ransomware
Doesn't make cents, makes bigger bucks instead ... probably
Cyber-crime21 Sep 2022 | 10
VMware teases replacement for so-insecure-it-was-retired P2V migration tool
vCenter Converter will make a comeback
Virtualization14 Sep 2022 | 10
SEC charges VMware with hiding slowing sales from investors
Virtualization giant pays $8m to settle claims it pushed revenue into later quarter... without admitting liability
Virtualization13 Sep 2022 | 10
Retbleed slugs VM performance by up to 70 percent in kernel 5.19
VMware ran tests and saw some nasty numbers. Performance of next kernel otherwise uncontroversial
Security12 Sep 2022 | 25
VMware has clouded the SmartNIC market, not created it
Analysis Virtzilla has built itself an island. Important players aren't welcome to visit and might go elsewhere
Virtualization11 Sep 2022 | 5
Microsoft extends Teams into VMware and Citrix VDI
Users will now be able to blur or replace their backgrounds during video meetings or calls
Virtualization02 Sep 2022 | 6
VMware’s Amazonian incarnation drops requirement to run on dedicated hosts
VMware Explore vSphere users can start smaller without paying cluster-bucks
Virtualization02 Sep 2022 | 5
VMware customers optimistically wait for Broadcom’s impact
VMware Explore As vCEO Raghu Raghuram tells us Big B won’t treat VMware like its other slash and burn acquisitions
Virtualization31 Aug 2022 | 2
What are Nvidia and AMD doing getting involved with SmartNICs and VMware?
VMware Explore A gentle primer on these chip giants' accelerators – and your essential guide to the conference so far
Networks31 Aug 2022 | 1
VMware CEO bats away Broadcom concerns – it’s just ‘the next transition’
VMware Explore And so is vSphere for Arm: CEO tells Reg he’s ‘beating up’ the exec responsible for the port
Virtualization30 Aug 2022 | 5
Dell intros updated VxRail and dedicated AI platform with VMware
VMware Explore HCI platform now supports vSphere 8, vSAN 8, and VCF 4.5
On-Prem30 Aug 2022 |
VMware reckons 20% of server cores can come back to work thanks to vSphere 8 and SmartNICs
VMware Explore Re-composes automation and management tools as ‘Aria’, reduces cloud hardware requirements, tries to reinvent security ... again
Virtualization30 Aug 2022 | 1
VMware offers cloudy upgrade lifeline to legacy vCenter users
But warns 'upcoming major release of vSphere' will break some plugins
Virtualization12 Aug 2022 | 9
Malicious deepfakes used in attacks up 13% from last year, VMware finds
Plus: Crooks swimming around your network, looking for a way in, says Incident Response Threat Report
Security09 Aug 2022 |
VMware patches critical 'make me admin' auth bypass bug, plus nine other flaws
Meanwhile, a security update for rsync
Patches03 Aug 2022 | 1
VMware’s subscriptions start at 16 cores, prices won't be made public
Prepaid one-, three-, or five-year terms preferred for big bundles
Virtualization29 Jul 2022 | 29
VMware delivers a load of updates for its Amazonian incarnation
Windows 11 debuts, as service extends to Hong Kong
Virtualization28 Jul 2022 | 3
VMware starts tracking use of experimental Arm hypervisor
By watching how you use it, Virtzilla might figure out how to sell it
Virtualization21 Jul 2022 |
VMware president sees some 'anxiety' at customers who've seen Broadcom at work
Virtzilla also thinks SmartNICs can ease your security concerns
Virtualization19 Jul 2022 | 19
Mastermind of Broadcom’s VMware buy is out, CEO Tan to take over software
Updated Chip giant takes an add Hock approach
Virtualization11 Jul 2022 | 4
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