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
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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
Broadcom takeover deal for VMware faces no rival bids
Updated Lack of alternative offers means sale may go ahead with expected completion in fiscal 2023
Virtualization06 Jul 2022 | 11
Ditching VMware over the Broadcom buy? Here are some of your options
Opinion What's your contingency plan?
Virtualization28 Jun 2022 | 27
VMware reveals vSphere-as-a-service – but not the price
Cloudy vSphere+ can manage multiple on-prem environments but not VMw-powered public clouds … for now
Virtualization28 Jun 2022 | 5
Small in Japan: Hitachi creates its own (modest) cloud
Updated VMware-powered sovereign cloud not going to challenge hyperscalers, and won't be repeated beyond Japan
PaaS + IaaS27 Jun 2022 | 1
Broadcom sketches out VMware ambitions that stretch from mainframe to cloud
Engineers, sales teams told to stick around, customers promised more 'choice' – to buy from Symantec or CA
Virtualization23 Jun 2022 | 11
VMware customers fear Broadcom acquisition will stall innovation, increase cost
Gartner advises renegotiating subscriptions now to avoid ‘dramatic’ and ‘extraordinary’ price rises
Virtualization09 Jun 2022 | 21
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
Broadcom's stated strategy ignores most VMware customers
Focuses on 600 users, lets smaller outfits slide, trims R&D spend, slashes sales expenses
Virtualization30 May 2022 | 35
Broadcom to 'focus on rapid transition to subscriptions' for VMware
Offers comforting vision for core customers, products, channel – though warns efficiencies are coming
Virtualization27 May 2022 | 45
Cheers ransomware hits VMware ESXi systems
Now we can say extortionware has jumped the shark
Research26 May 2022 | 3
Confirmed: Broadcom, VMware agree to $61b merger
Unless anyone out there can make a better offer. Oh, Elon?
Virtualization26 May 2022 | 12
Broadcom buying VMware could create an edge infrastructure and IoT empire
Comment Hypervisor giant too big to be kept ticking over like CA or Symantec. Instead it can wrangle net-connected kit
Edge + IoT26 May 2022 | 9
VMware claims 'bare-metal' performance on virtualized GPUs
Is... is that why Broadcom wants to buy it?
Virtualization24 May 2022 | 1
Broadcom to buy VMware 'on Thursday for $60 billion'
Think we speak for everyone when we say: Seriously, what the f...?
Virtualization24 May 2022 | 23
Broadcom in talks to buy VMware: multiple reports
Michael Dell could be the key to any deal
Virtualization23 May 2022 | 8
Patch your VMware gear now – or yank it out, Uncle Sam tells federal agencies
Critical authentication bypass revealed, older flaws under active attack
CSO19 May 2022 | 6
Five Eyes turn spotlight on MSPs: Potential weak links in IT supply-chain security
We can think of one thing the S stands for in some unfortunate cases
CSO11 May 2022 | 8
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
VMware says server sprawl is back, and SmartNICs are the solution
More details emerge about 'Project Monterey' and its role driving infrastructure workloads into hybrid clouds
Virtualization27 Apr 2022 | 3
Who is exploiting VMware right now? Probably Iran's Rocket Kitten, to name one
We hope you've patched that 9.8/10 severity bug
Research26 Apr 2022 | 5
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