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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

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 | 10

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

Windows Subsystem for Linux now packaged as a Microsoft Store app

Nothing says 'We love open source and want it to be available in Windows' like only delivering updates from a closed digital tat bazaar

Virtualization23 Nov 2022 | 51

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

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 |

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

Windows Subsystem for Android declared ready for prime time

First Look Works well, but selection of available apps is meagre

Virtualization21 Oct 2022 | 46

FreeBSD comes to Amazon's lightweight hypervisor

"Serverless" microVMs further blur the line between containers and virtual machines

Virtualization19 Oct 2022 | 9

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VMware president Sumit Dhawan out – scores gig as CEO of infosec vendor Proofpoint

Broadcom re-orgs VMware into four divisions – none of which mention end-user compute products

China's regulator paused VMware purchase probe before desired close date

China relents: Broadcom-VMware merger approved at last

Xen Project improves the art of virtual machine maintenance with annual hypervisor release

VMware revealed Symantec SASE integration plan before Broadcom finished buying it

1 in 5 VMware customers plan to jump off its stack next year

While it waited for Broadcom, VMware set out to do to data services what it did to storage

Broadcom, VMware insist merger to 'close soon' as China plays hard to get

As uncertainty swirls, VMware closes its home for experimental software

South Korea approves Broadcom's VMware buy

Fears China could trash Broadcom's VMware nuptials as revenge for sanctions

What's next for VMware? Long-term Virtzilla-watchers predict Broadcom's moves

UTM: An Apple hypervisor with some unique extra abilities

VMware staff reportedly told job cuts may start before Broadcom acquisition

As VMware says goodbye, leadership thinks Broadcom buy is a win

SmartNICs haven't soared so VMware will allow retrofits in old servers

Here’s how VMware hopes to spend $1B Broadcom R&D budget boost

VMware sees no need to Arm itself for multi-architecture multi-cloud

VMware edges towards its multi-cloud vision, with a side quest to virtualize AI

UK clears Broadcom buying VMware, but deal yet to scale Great Regulatory Wall of China

XenServer teases free VMware migration package

UK greenlights Broadcom's $61B VMware takeover

Broadcom asserts VMware's strategy isn't working and it basically needs rescuing

Europe greenlights Broadcom's $61B VMware buy

VMware's Arm hypervisor still creeping forward, slowly

Broadcom squeezed Samsung, now South Korea's squeezing back – hard

Microsoft enables booting physical PCs directly into cloud PCs

VMware again extends formal deadline for Broadcom deal

Broadcom CEO promises $2 billion annual boost to make VMware better at the things it already does

Streaming apps – and maybe even Cloud PCs – coming to electric cars

UK monopoly watchdog gives Broadcom-VMware probe a tight timetable

QEMU 8.0 hatches more support for Arm and RISC-V

VMware’s vSphere 8 Update 1 debuts under revised product release regime

Europe moves to derail Broadcom's VMware takeover

Benchmark a cloud PC? No way. Just trust us, they work, says Microsoft

Broadcom-VMware merger probe to enter deeper second stage

Watchdog: Broadcom buy of VMware may be bad for competition

Nutanix's cloudy clusters now officially at home in Azure

VMware nods to containerization with tweaks to virtual desktops and apps

VMware, Broadcom extend deadline for acquisition to be signed, sealed, delivered

Microsoft makes Windows-on-Arm in VMs on Macs official – with Parallels for starters

VMware turns 25 today: Is it a mature professional or headed back to Mom's house?

Xen hypervisor port to RISC-V moving – slowly, but moving

XenServer, split from Citrix, promises per-socket prices 'unlike certain other hypervisors'

EU probes Broadcom/VMware deal over impact on hardware, not price hikes or cloudy concerns

Xen project goes for VM Hyperlaunch with version 4.17

VMware adds subscription version of basic vSphere for server consolidation

VMware loses three top execs who owned growth products

Broadcom braced for full EU investigation into $61B VMware buyout

Broadcom tries to quash VMware price rise rumors as CEO promises they won't

Windows Subsystem for Linux now packaged as a Microsoft Store app

UK authorities open preliminary probe into Broadcom's VMware acquisition

VMware refreshes desktop hypervisors, adds Apple Silicon support

Broadcom looks for EU approval of VMware takeover

WTF is Sovereign SaaS? VMware’s way to satisfy pesky regulators your cloud is local

VMware wants to help fund your next cloud migration

Broadcom CEO says hiking VMware prices is not his strategy

Windows Subsystem for Android declared ready for prime time

FreeBSD comes to Amazon's lightweight hypervisor

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