VMware is a software company that provides cloud and virtualization software and services, and was the first to successfully virtualize the x86 architecture. VMware’s desktop software runs on Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X, while its enterprise software hypervisors for servers, VMware ESX and VMware ESXi, are bare-metal hypervisors that run directly on server hardware without requiring an additional underlying operating system.
The company pushes beyond its telecom roots but also wields networking expertise to offer what it says is a price-competitive private cloud that can burst to its big public cloud brother. Read more »
The startup’s take on software-defined storage allows users to partition high-speed storage into individual clusters that virtual machines can take advantage of. Read more »
Tech all-star Diane Greene is ostensibly working on Demeterr, a super-secret SaaS company — application focus unknown — and is also investing in Datrium. Read more »
Several Microsoft Azure services — virtual machines, cloud services, StorSimple, backup and site recovery — were off line for hours Monday afternoon. Read more »
Sure, they’ve been talking mobile for a while, but now that Amazon has followed Microsoft in unveiling its mobile development toolset, the other enterprise IT guys need to make some noise. Read more »
VMware used third-party benchmarks to claim that vCHS is less expensive than Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure. But really, what would you expect them to show? Read more »
Amazon Web Services offers lots of IT infrastructure options, even some application level services, but has gaps to fill in its platform. Here are some areas that targeted acquisitions could address. Read more »
Docker Containers Everywhere! Docker has undoubtedly been the most disruptive technology that the industry has witnessed in the recent past. Every vendor in the cloud ecosystem has announced some level of… Read more »
What’s going on here? Mårten Mickos used to blast OpenStack, but now he’ll keynote an OpenStack conference, and Citrix Group VP Sameer Dholakia will be there, too. Read more »
To move toward the goal of productivity and security, businesses must discard organizational silos and practices and embrace a more collaborative, transparent working environment. Read more »