vSphere upgrades are not near the top of VMware's to-do list
Nor is its Arm port
VMware Explore28 Aug 2025 | 3
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VMware tweaked its licenses to suit submarines
VMware Explore27 Aug 2025 | 27
VMware: The private cloud's main purpose is now keeping developers happy
The DevOps dance has new steps, but Virtzilla thinks it can teach ops folks to tango
VMware Explore27 Aug 2025 | 1
Defiant Broadcom calls for tech to go back where it belongs: On-premises
Expands VMware Cloud Foundation with AI freebie, new security and storage bits
VMware Explore26 Aug 2025 | 26
VMware finally porting Cloud Foundation to Arm – in baby steps
EXCLUSIVE Because AI, like everything else this year
VMware Explore26 Aug 2025 | 2
VMware before Broadcom was 'a unicorn in fluffy cloudland'
The CEO of VMware's most ardent partner – Yves Sandfort of comdivision – on what's gone well, and where Broadcom needs to do better
VMware Explore25 Aug 2025 | 11
AT&T sues Broadcom for 'breaking' VMware support extension contract
Telco giant slams silicon-and-software shop for trying to bully it into buying software it doesn't want or need, at huge prices
Virtualization05 Sep 2024 | 29
Veeam debuts its Proxmox backup tool – and reveals outfit using it to quit VMware
More help for Nutanix, too
Software02 Sep 2024 | 23
Broadcom has brought VMware down to earth and that’s welcome
VMware Explore But users aren’t optimistic it will land softly
VMware Explore29 Aug 2024 | 32
Public clouds are 'dirty' about VMware's on-prem push, says Broadcom CEO Hock Tan
VMware Explore Virtzilla's sales swing decisively to the Cloud Foundation bundle
VMware Explore29 Aug 2024 | 7
Gartner warns Omnissa – formerly VMware's end-user compute biz – represents new risks
Weak roadmap, tricky migration path, and Broadcom dependencies add up to uncertainty
Virtualization28 Aug 2024 |
Broadcom boss Hock Tan says public cloud gave IT departments PTSD
VMware Explore While datacenter silos have left you ‘so screwed’
Off-Prem27 Aug 2024 | 18
VMware reveals how it will deliver Broadcom's unified hybrid cloud … sometime soon
VMware Explore Claims just two management consoles will emerge
VMware Explore27 Aug 2024 | 7
VMware prepping unified SDK for its core hybrid cloud products
VMware Explore Also working to clean up inconsistent APIs and lack of SSO across vSphere, vSAN, NSX, SDDC Manager, vRealize and more
Virtualization26 Aug 2024 | 1
Broadcom promised to reform VMware so it enables better hybrid clouds. Will it deliver?
VMware Explore It needs to – Virtzilla's customers, allies, and enemies are all pondering off-ramps and trying to lure unhappy users
VMware Explore26 Aug 2024 | 8
B2B ISP Fastnet staggers back to feet after VMware incident
Company continues to investigate root cause
VMware Explore19 Aug 2024 | 8
Ransomware gangs are loving this dumb but deadly make-me-admin ESXi vulnerability
Get those patches applied – all the big dogs are abusing it
VMware Explore30 Jul 2024 | 18
Desktop hypervisors are not dead: Oracle preps major VirtualBox update
Solaris support persists and support for Armed Macs improves
VMware Explore30 Jul 2024 | 29
Omnissa, VMware's old end-user biz, emerges with promise of 'AI-infused autonomous workspace'
We think this means easier-to-administer virtual desktops with extra shiny
VMware Explore26 Jul 2024 | 3
VMware sends vSphere 7 into extra time by extending support for six months
A nice surprise, but some other vAdmins have an August 1 deadline to sort out subscriptions
VMware Explore24 Jul 2024 | 9
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Feds cut funding to program that shared cyber threat info with local governments
The federal government's not the only thing shutting down on Oct. 1
Greg Kroah-Hartman explains the Cyber Resilience Act for open source developers
Opinion Impact? Nope, don't worry, be happy, says Linux veteran
California cops confused after trying to give ticket to self-driving car
Don't tell Elon, he'd have Tesla's Robotaxis going ludicrous speed
Warnings about Cisco vulns under active exploit are falling on deaf ears
50,000 firewall devices still exposed
Microsoft moves to the uncanny valley with creepy Copilot avatars that stare at you and say your name
Yep, we're sure that will win folks over
Britain's policing minister punts facial recog nationwide
Met's Croydon cameras hailed as a triumph, guidance to be published later this year
IBM killing mainframe coding kit for PCs this year
Linux-based System z emulator will go away on Dec. 31, replaced by cloud-based solution from ISVs
VMware bungles cloud management portal upgrade, twice in two weeks
Promises to get it right this coming weekend
Tile trackers are a stalker's dream, say Georgia Tech researchers
Plaintext transmissions, fixed MAC addresses, rotating 'unique' IDs, and more, make abuse easy
Zed's dead, baby. Zed's dead? No, wait – it's on Windows
Rust-coded editor beta arrives with general availability promised in October
STORIES
Google, Oracle, Microsoft make their case for VMware migrations – HPE on the outer?
New instance types and discounts galore, and Broadcom all smiles as its preferred licensing finds more friends
VMware Explore22 Jul 2024 | 6
VMware license changes mean bare metal can make a comeback through 'devirtualization', says Gartner
Latest datacenter Hype Cycle also includes augmented reality, new types of memory, nuke power
VMware Explore03 Jul 2024 | 45
VMware by Broadcom makes its stack easier to live with, as promised
Compute, storage, and networking virtualization brought together – with live ESXi patching
VMware Explore25 Jun 2024 | 5
On-prem AI has arrived – the solution to cloudy problems no one really has
HPE discover Which isn't to say Nvidia and hyperscalers will win, says analyst Steve Brazier, as regulators circle
VMware Explore25 Jun 2024 | 3
Biting the hand that feeds IT
