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.
Virtualization giant VMware is continuing on its hybrid cloud strategy, making several announcements on Monday that are geared toward customers who want access to both public and private cloud infrastructures. That doesn’t mean just… Read more »
Here’s a deal that has “corporate synergies” written all over it. VMware and Google are working together to make four Google cloud services available to corporate customers of VMware’s vCloud Air… Read more »
VMware has pinned high hopes on its vCloud Air hybrid cloud, the company’s response to public cloud competitors like Amazon Web Services. But there’s not a ton of information on just how well that… Read more »
Microsoft already has a huge presence in most companies’ server rooms. And it hopes to keep it that way or at least, persuade those companies running Windows Server, SQL Server et al… Read more »
It looks as if EMC and activist investor Elliott Management have worked out their differences at least in the short term. EMC added two Elliott-friendly directors to its board, bringing the total… Read more »
Citrix, which has led the charge for desktop virtualization, just acquired Sanbolic to help bleed out the complexity and cost that have kept virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) from broader adoption. Terms were… Read more »
Enterprise IT will face harsh realities around BYOD, Desktop as a Service will grow rapidly, and questions about Microsoft’s future market share will abound. Read more »
As of about 6 a.m. EST Sunday morning, Verizon’s Cloud was on hour 30 of what could be a 48-hour planned shutdown to rollout a major service upgrade. The provider had hoped… Read more »
Steve Herrod has seen a lot in the enterprise IT space, having spent 12 years at VMware — the last several years as CTO and vice president of R&D — before… Read more »