Virtualization

Running a virtual instance abstracted from hardware

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

Malvertising attacks are distributing .NET malware loaders

The campaign illustrates another option for miscreants who had relied on Microsoft macros

Research02 Feb 2023 | 7

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

Xen project goes for VM Hyperlaunch with version 4.17

More ways to boot, with less overhead – just what's needed in the embedded market

Virtualization16 Dec 2022 | 6

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

Nutanix buyout may be on the cards with HPE sniffing around

A GreenLake future could reportedly be more cloudy

Off-Prem02 Dec 2022 | 1

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

Windows Subsystem for Linux now packaged as a Microsoft Store app

Nothing says 'We love open source and want it to be available in Windows' like only delivering updates from a closed digital tat bazaar

Virtualization23 Nov 2022 | 51

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 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

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

Oracle VirtualBox 7.0 is here – just watch out for the proprietary Extension Pack

Latest version of FOSS hypervisor boasts support for new 3D acceleration tech and encrypted virtual machines

Virtualization11 Oct 2022 | 37

Red Hat backs CNCF project, spills TEE support over Kubernetes

Keeping the contents of your clusters secure from whoever's hosting them

Security10 Oct 2022 |

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

How Citrix dropped the ball on Xen ... according to Citrix

Open Source Summit How to win friends and admit how you lost them earlier?

Virtualization30 Sep 2022 | 17

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

Official: Arm-based VMs available on Microsoft Azure

Going live in 10 regions, running Ampere Altra silicon

PaaS + IaaS30 Aug 2022 | 4

VMware offers cloudy upgrade lifeline to legacy vCenter users

But warns 'upcoming major release of vSphere' will break some plugins

Virtualization12 Aug 2022 | 9

Citrix adds Hypervisor Cloud to bring more and faster updates

Years after the company quit server virtualization, but may be handy for hybrid work

Virtualization05 Aug 2022 | 3

VMware delivers a load of updates for its Amazonian incarnation

Windows 11 debuts, as service extends to Hong Kong

Virtualization28 Jul 2022 | 3

Teradici re-emerges as 'HP Anyware' to replace ZCentral Remote Boost

Expect it to be bundled into managed desktop services from HP Inc.

Virtualization26 Jul 2022 | 2

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 |

Ditching VMware over the Broadcom buy? Here are some of your options

Opinion What's your contingency plan?

Virtualization28 Jun 2022 | 27

Cloudflare menaces virtual desktops with isolated browser access to internal networks

Gives cloudy email a kicking, too – but VDI should be safe in its bastions

Virtualization27 Jun 2022 | 3

Xen patches three bugs that allow guest-host takeover

Paravirtualized guests on old x86s are the risk – just the sort of thing that gets forgotten

Virtualization14 Jun 2022 | 3

VMware customers have watched Broadcom's acquisitions and don't like what they see

It's not hard to find unpleasant precedents for what might happen to Virtzilla

Virtualization31 May 2022 | 39

OpenVMS on x86-64 reaches production status with v9.2

One of the most battle-tested OSes out there hits commodity kit, but does anyone still care?

OSes10 May 2022 | 127

Citrix spreads its Desktop as a Service across Google and Azure clouds

It's Q2 2022 – and remote/mixed access is still very much a thing

PaaS + IaaS05 May 2022 | 4

Remember the hype for NFV? Whatever happened with that?

Systems Approach A technical deep-dive with a networking guru who was there

Networks04 May 2022 | 3

VMware walks back ban on booting vSphere from SD cards or thumb drives

Updated But in future won't certify servers that allow booting from removable media

Virtualization29 Apr 2022 | 14

HPE pilots automated service to disaggregate RAN

It's hoping CSPs will consume platform as a service via public or private cloud

Networks21 Apr 2022 |

Amazon’s cloudy desktops creep towards cloudy workstations

Adds cache-like storage currently offered for servers to speed demanding desktop workloads

Off-Prem12 Apr 2022 | 6

VMware reveals a swarm of serious bugs – some critical

Meanwhile changes the name of its major customer-facing event... probably a coincidence

Virtualization07 Apr 2022 | 6

Google chases cloud giants with VMware Cloud Universal program

Doing all it can to catch up with AWS and Microsoft Azure for enterprise users

PaaS + IaaS16 Mar 2022 |

Vultr aims at the big clouds with new virtual machines

Rolls out first Epyc products the same week Google announces cloud infra price rise

PaaS + IaaS15 Mar 2022 |