Microsoft brings its cloudy virtual desktops on-prem to AzureStack HCI
Just in time to cash in on VMware and Citrix uncertainty
Virtualization06 Feb 2024 | 4
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Cloud Software Group effectively snuffs open source XenCenter via a README file
It's an interesting way to get the attention of VMware users feeling bruised by Broadcom
Virtualization01 Feb 2024 | 9
Dell kills sweetheart distribution deal with Broadcom's VMware
Updated No longer willing to be a friend with benefits – perhaps thanks to Big B killing OEM licenses?
Virtualization30 Jan 2024 | 26
Amid Broadcom's subscription push, VMware killed a SaaS product
Another 50-plus products also binned in move to big bundles
Virtualization24 Jan 2024 | 11
Veeam researching support for VMware alternative Proxmox as backup buyers fret about Broadcom
Exclusive Product to protect Oracle virtualization is already on the backup vendor’s roadmap
Virtualization22 Jan 2024 | 27
Broadcom ditches VMware Cloud Service Providers
Exclusive 'How can they cancel a major program affecting hundreds, perhaps thousands of customers, with zero notice?'
Virtualization10 Jan 2024 | 75
VMware's end-user compute products are for sale. Who might buy 'em?
Would you rather a cloud that not-so-gently migrates you, or a retirement home like HCL?
Virtualization19 Dec 2023 | 17
Apple, Corellium settle iOS virtualization case
iGiant was on the back foot after courts found virtual iPhones were fair use
Virtualization18 Dec 2023 | 2
VMware channel partner rates new product bundles and subs-only licenses 'very attractive'
As Broadcom division announces it will keep desktop hypervisors, revive 'Flings'
Virtualization15 Dec 2023 | 10
Broadcom halves subscription price for VMware's flagship hybrid cloud suite
+Comment Also kills perpetual licenses, adds a vSphere bundle for smaller users
Virtualization12 Dec 2023 | 17
Broadcom to divest VMware's end-user computing and Carbon Black units
Updated Warns of $1.3 billion charge for cutting Virtzilla's costs, rapid shift to subs and sales of the whole vStack rather than individual pieces
Virtualization07 Dec 2023 | 30
VMware president Sumit Dhawan out – scores gig as CEO of infosec vendor Proofpoint
Amid accounts of wider layoffs and Broadcom doing a 'strategic review' of end-user compute and Carbon Black products
Virtualization29 Nov 2023 |
Broadcom re-orgs VMware into four divisions – none of which mention end-user compute products
Community programs retained but CEO waves farewell
Virtualization23 Nov 2023 | 26
China's regulator paused VMware purchase probe before desired close date
Analysis Competitors predict price gouging as employees await news
Virtualization22 Nov 2023 | 1
China relents: Broadcom-VMware merger approved at last
Final boss legal level cleared as SAMR says yes ...
Virtualization21 Nov 2023 | 3
Xen Project improves the art of virtual machine maintenance with annual hypervisor release
Version 4.18 brings first ports to RISC-V and PowerPC, support for next-gen datacenter CPUs
Virtualization20 Nov 2023 |
VMware revealed Symantec SASE integration plan before Broadcom finished buying it
Still no word on when the deal will happen, or what’s holding it up
Virtualization14 Nov 2023 | 1
1 in 5 VMware customers plan to jump off its stack next year
Updated Forrester predicts exodus from Virtzilla following Broadcom takeover
Virtualization08 Nov 2023 | 33
While it waited for Broadcom, VMware set out to do to data services what it did to storage
And decided Intel's GPUs are worthy of on-prem AI action
Virtualization07 Nov 2023 | 1
Broadcom, VMware insist merger to 'close soon' as China plays hard to get
Regulatory red dragon keeping silent with a day left until deadline
Virtualization30 Oct 2023 | 4
As uncertainty swirls, VMware closes its home for experimental software
Broadcom buy set to wrap any moment now – probably
Virtualization30 Oct 2023 | 2
South Korea approves Broadcom's VMware buy
Virtzilla's final releases as an indepdent company might be biggish upgrades to its desktop hypervisors
Virtualization23 Oct 2023 | 1
Fears China could trash Broadcom's VMware nuptials as revenge for sanctions
Regulator twiddled thumbs for Intel and Tower Semi, it could happen again
Virtualization19 Oct 2023 | 7
What's next for VMware? Long-term Virtzilla-watchers predict Broadcom's moves
Consensus is cuts and spin-offs are coming, whether they'll help is another matter
Virtualization02 Oct 2023 | 5
UTM: An Apple hypervisor with some unique extra abilities
Friday FOSS Fest Fancy running Windows, Linux and Classic MacOS on your modern x86-64 or Arm64 Mac? Walk this way
Virtualization29 Sep 2023 | 19
VMware staff reportedly told job cuts may start before Broadcom acquisition
CVs are starting to appear on social media because staff think it's a sensible time to be in the shop window
Virtualization19 Sep 2023 | 5
As VMware says goodbye, leadership thinks Broadcom buy is a win
Exec chuffed regulators accepted perhaps-overstated lame duck argument
Virtualization31 Aug 2023 | 7
SmartNICs haven't soared so VMware will allow retrofits in old servers
Explore vSphere to also add support for PCIe cards packed with CXL RAM to give boxes a boost, faster vCenter upgrades, and more
Virtualization24 Aug 2023 | 10
Here’s how VMware hopes to spend $1B Broadcom R&D budget boost
Explore Some of it will go to get you upgrading more often, other cash might smooth internal dev conflict
Virtualization24 Aug 2023 | 9
VMware sees no need to Arm itself for multi-architecture multi-cloud
Explore x86 still gets you to where the useful action is, even on the edge
Cloud Infrastructure Month23 Aug 2023 | 4
VMware edges towards its multi-cloud vision, with a side quest to virtualize AI
Explore More of the same is the name of the game, across clouds and app-taming
Virtualization22 Aug 2023 |
UK clears Broadcom buying VMware, but deal yet to scale Great Regulatory Wall of China
Middle Kingdom has made a habit of scuppering western mergers of late
Virtualization21 Aug 2023 | 1
XenServer teases free VMware migration package
Citrix's virtualization spin out goes a bit Musky by revealing its own X-centric logo
Virtualization02 Aug 2023 | 8
UK greenlights Broadcom's $61B VMware takeover
Only obstacle left is the FTC, which is still licking its wounds from other recent antitrust defeats
Virtualization19 Jul 2023 | 2
Broadcom asserts VMware's strategy isn't working and it basically needs rescuing
Redacted document filed with UK regulator states customers aren't buying Virtzilla's poorly-executed vision
Virtualization14 Jul 2023 | 43
Europe greenlights Broadcom's $61B VMware buy
Chip biz pledged to allow hardware interoperability
Virtualization12 Jul 2023 |
VMware's Arm hypervisor still creeping forward, slowly
If Virtzilla's serious about multicloud, surely this gets real soon?
Virtualization15 Jun 2023 | 3
Broadcom squeezed Samsung, now South Korea's squeezing back – hard
Updated Regulators won't accept proposed remedy for nasty parts deal – but EU may have accepted VMware deal
Virtualization14 Jun 2023 |
Microsoft enables booting physical PCs directly into cloud PCs
Running an OS from local storage is soooo last year
Virtualization24 May 2023 | 84
VMware again extends formal deadline for Broadcom deal
Meanwhile, rivals circle and the hybrid cloud management market morphs
Virtualization22 May 2023 | 1
Broadcom CEO promises $2 billion annual 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
Streaming apps – and maybe even Cloud PCs – coming to electric cars
What else are you going to do while waiting for it to charge?
Virtualization02 May 2023 | 57
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
QEMU 8.0 hatches more support for Arm and RISC-V
Sapphire Rapids joins the fun, and there's even something for s390x users
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
Benchmark a cloud PC? No way. Just trust us, they work, says Microsoft
DaaS is SaaS, so expect constant change that makes numbers moot
Virtualization06 Apr 2023 | 28
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
Nutanix's cloudy clusters now officially at home in Azure
HCI upstart adds a hybrid option that could be of interest to nervous VMware customers
Virtualization14 Mar 2023 |
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 |
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 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
Xen hypervisor port to RISC-V moving – slowly, but moving
Far from ready, but developer thinks it's helping the whole codebase
Virtualization09 Feb 2023 | 4
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 |
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 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
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
Biting the hand that feeds IT
