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
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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 | 4
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 | 18
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 Week23 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
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‘How not to hire a North Korean plant posing as a techie’ guide updated by US and South Korean authorities
Advise turning off and never using remote desktop protocol, prohibiting private VPNs, not trusting recruiters’ due diligence
Take Windows 11... please. Leaks confirm low numbers for Microsoft's latest OS
Time to rethink Windows 10 support cycle then?
In-memory database Redis wants to dabble in disk
Aims to lower costs and broaden appeal of system popular with devs
Nokia to erase up to 14,000 employees from payroll
Profits plunge, sales down in Q3. Multi-year cost cutting drive means staff will be decimated
CIA exposed to potential intelligence interception due to X's URL bug
Musk's mega-app-in-waiting goes from chopping headlines to profile URLs
Boris Johnson's mad hydrogen for homes bubble bursts
It was a gas while it lasted but 'no public policy' to replace natural gas for heating
Amazon to drop a cool $1B on Microsoft 365 cloud suite
Over a million licenses for office software to be used by corporate and frontline workers
Now we can blame spacecraft for polluting the atmosphere
'My god, it's full of aerosolized metals!'
First Brexit, now X-it: Musk 'considering' pulling platform from EU over probe
Comment Plus: Working from home is 'detached from reality' says world's richest man
Five Eyes intel chiefs warn China's IP theft program now at 'unprecedented' levels
Spies come in from the cold for their first public chinwag
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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
AWS targets desktop virtualization rigs with lift and shift to cloudy DaaS
Citrix can do this too. Hyperconverged infrastructure's salad days serving virtual PCs might be ending
Virtualization18 Oct 2022 | 3
Broadcom to spin VMware takeover as creating 'more competition' in cloud
Chip giant flutters eyelashes at Europe in hope of early acqusition
Virtualization17 Oct 2022 | 8
Oracle VirtualBox 7.0 is here – just watch out for the proprietary Extension Pack
Latest version of FOSS hypervisor boasts support for new 3D acceleration tech and encrypted virtual machines
Virtualization11 Oct 2022 | 37
VMware acknowledges the wisdom of never buying version 1.0 of a product
To get you upgrading faster, vSphere will now be released for Initial Availability before reaching General Availability
Virtualization10 Oct 2022 | 5
Amazon lets you rent Ubuntu Pro. Yes, it's Linux on the virtual desktop
Insert your Year of Linux joke here, we dare you
Virtualization30 Sep 2022 | 7
How Citrix dropped the ball on Xen ... according to Citrix
Open Source Summit How to win friends and admit how you lost them earlier?
Virtualization30 Sep 2022 | 17
VMware teases replacement for so-insecure-it-was-retired P2V migration tool
vCenter Converter will make a comeback
Virtualization14 Sep 2022 | 10
SEC charges VMware with hiding slowing sales from investors
Virtualization giant pays $8m to settle claims it pushed revenue into later quarter... without admitting liability
Virtualization13 Sep 2022 | 10
VMware has clouded the SmartNIC market, not created it
Analysis Virtzilla has built itself an island. Important players aren't welcome to visit and might go elsewhere
Virtualization11 Sep 2022 | 5
Forrester rates virtual machine infrastructure ‘stale or risky’
So are ITSM tools that can’t spread, data tools, and private 5G. But outsourcing is cool again
Virtualization08 Sep 2022 | 12
Microsoft extends Teams into VMware and Citrix VDI
Users will now be able to blur or replace their backgrounds during video meetings or calls
Virtualization02 Sep 2022 | 6
VMware’s Amazonian incarnation drops requirement to run on dedicated hosts
VMware Explore vSphere users can start smaller without paying cluster-bucks
Virtualization02 Sep 2022 | 5
VMware customers optimistically wait for Broadcom’s impact
VMware Explore As vCEO Raghu Raghuram tells us Big B won’t treat VMware like its other slash and burn acquisitions
Virtualization31 Aug 2022 | 2
VMware CEO bats away Broadcom concerns – it’s just ‘the next transition’
VMware Explore And so is vSphere for Arm: CEO tells Reg he’s ‘beating up’ the exec responsible for the port
Virtualization30 Aug 2022 | 5
VMware reckons 20% of server cores can come back to work thanks to vSphere 8 and SmartNICs
VMware Explore Re-composes automation and management tools as ‘Aria’, reduces cloud hardware requirements, tries to reinvent security ... again
Virtualization30 Aug 2022 | 1
VMware offers cloudy upgrade lifeline to legacy vCenter users
But warns 'upcoming major release of vSphere' will break some plugins
Virtualization12 Aug 2022 | 9
Parallels increases prices with Desktop version 18
Running Windows apps on your M1 Mac just got a bit more expensive
Virtualization09 Aug 2022 | 24
Citrix adds Hypervisor Cloud to bring more and faster updates
Years after the company quit server virtualization, but may be handy for hybrid work
Virtualization05 Aug 2022 | 3
Windows 11 comes to AWS EC2 as a VM import option
UEFI is sorted, but BYO licenses are required
Virtualization03 Aug 2022 |
Canonical adds instance tweaking to Multipass, Confidential VMs to Azure
The days of destroying and rebuilding to add another CPU core are numbered
Virtualization01 Aug 2022 |
VMware’s subscriptions start at 16 cores, prices won't be made public
Prepaid one-, three-, or five-year terms preferred for big bundles
Virtualization29 Jul 2022 | 29
VMware delivers a load of updates for its Amazonian incarnation
Windows 11 debuts, as service extends to Hong Kong
Virtualization28 Jul 2022 | 3
Teradici re-emerges as 'HP Anyware' to replace ZCentral Remote Boost
Expect it to be bundled into managed desktop services from HP Inc.
Virtualization26 Jul 2022 | 2
VMware starts tracking use of experimental Arm hypervisor
By watching how you use it, Virtzilla might figure out how to sell it
Virtualization21 Jul 2022 |
Microsoft lures SMBs to Cloudy PCs by connecting them to Xbox accounts
Windows as a service is getting more mature and manageable
Virtualization20 Jul 2022 | 8
VMware president sees some 'anxiety' at customers who've seen Broadcom at work
Virtzilla also thinks SmartNICs can ease your security concerns
Virtualization19 Jul 2022 | 19
Mastermind of Broadcom’s VMware buy is out, CEO Tan to take over software
Updated Chip giant takes an add Hock approach
Virtualization11 Jul 2022 | 4
Broadcom's VMware buy got you worried? Give these 5 FOSS hypervisors a spin
Comment These suggestions are like our principles. If you don't like 'em ... we have others
Virtualization09 Jul 2022 | 47
Broadcom takeover deal for VMware faces no rival bids
Updated Lack of alternative offers means sale may go ahead with expected completion in fiscal 2023
Virtualization06 Jul 2022 | 11
Ditching VMware over the Broadcom buy? Here are some of your options
Opinion What's your contingency plan?
Virtualization28 Jun 2022 | 27
VMware reveals vSphere-as-a-service – but not the price
Cloudy vSphere+ can manage multiple on-prem environments but not VMw-powered public clouds … for now
Virtualization28 Jun 2022 | 5
Cloudflare menaces virtual desktops with isolated browser access to internal networks
Gives cloudy email a kicking, too – but VDI should be safe in its bastions
Virtualization27 Jun 2022 | 3
Broadcom sketches out VMware ambitions that stretch from mainframe to cloud
Engineers, sales teams told to stick around, customers promised more 'choice' – to buy from Symantec or CA
Virtualization23 Jun 2022 | 11
Xen patches three bugs that allow guest-host takeover
Paravirtualized guests on old x86s are the risk – just the sort of thing that gets forgotten
Virtualization14 Jun 2022 | 3
VMware customers fear Broadcom acquisition will stall innovation, increase cost
Gartner advises renegotiating subscriptions now to avoid ‘dramatic’ and ‘extraordinary’ price rises
Virtualization09 Jun 2022 | 21
VMware customers have watched Broadcom's acquisitions and don't like what they see
It's not hard to find unpleasant precedents for what might happen to Virtzilla
Virtualization31 May 2022 | 39
Broadcom's stated strategy ignores most VMware customers
Focuses on 600 users, lets smaller outfits slide, trims R&D spend, slashes sales expenses
Virtualization30 May 2022 | 35
Broadcom to 'focus on rapid transition to subscriptions' for VMware
Offers comforting vision for core customers, products, channel – though warns efficiencies are coming
Virtualization27 May 2022 | 45
Confirmed: Broadcom, VMware agree to $61b merger
Unless anyone out there can make a better offer. Oh, Elon?
Virtualization26 May 2022 | 12
VMware claims 'bare-metal' performance on virtualized GPUs
Is... is that why Broadcom wants to buy it?
Virtualization24 May 2022 | 1
Broadcom to buy VMware 'on Thursday for $60 billion'
Think we speak for everyone when we say: Seriously, what the f...?
Virtualization24 May 2022 | 23
Broadcom in talks to buy VMware: multiple reports
Michael Dell could be the key to any deal
Virtualization23 May 2022 | 8
Arm, Microsoft at pains to say this CPU arch can be trusted with real server work
It should just run like x86, pair basically stress
Virtualization17 May 2022 | 11
VMware walks back ban on booting vSphere from SD cards or thumb drives
Updated But in future won't certify servers that allow booting from removable media
Virtualization29 Apr 2022 | 14
VMware says server sprawl is back, and SmartNICs are the solution
More details emerge about 'Project Monterey' and its role driving infrastructure workloads into hybrid clouds
Virtualization27 Apr 2022 | 3
VMware reveals a swarm of serious bugs – some critical
Meanwhile changes the name of its major customer-facing event... probably a coincidence
Virtualization07 Apr 2022 | 6
Alibaba Cloud lets its tiny desktop-as-a-service client leave China
Singapore-only release means this is not a major move on the DaaS or VDI markets
Virtualization22 Mar 2022 |
Containers may be more effective than VMs for hybrid apps – Gartner
Sure, licensing is a mess. Packaging, distribution in good shape, tho
Virtualization22 Mar 2022 | 7
VMware offers hardware compatibility list for home labs
Crowdsourced and unofficial info for when you want to run ESXi for fun ... or when official rigs aren't right
Virtualization09 Mar 2022 | 5
Verizon expands network-as-a-service with VMware SD-WAN
MWC If enterprise apps are going into the cloud, someone needs to provide the extra plumbing
Virtualization28 Feb 2022 |
VMware patches critical guest-to-host vulnerabilities
Time to fix code like it's 2020
Virtualization17 Feb 2022 | 3
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