VMware upgrades with Kubernetes
Published in Cloud
Wednesday, 11 March 2020 12:03

VMware upgrades with Kubernetes


Most significant update in a decade

VMware today is overhauling its portfolio of products to include native support of the Kubernetes orchestration manager for software containers along with a host of new tools for shifting and managing applications across multiple on-premises and cloud infrastructure stacks.

Oracle and VMware reach cloud deal
Published in Cloud
Tuesday, 17 September 2019 11:05

Oracle and VMware reach cloud deal


Bury the hatchet

Oracle and VMware announced a deal designed to resolve years of tension over how Oracle handles technical support for VMware users and make it easier for them to move to Oracle’s cloud computing service.

VMWare spends $4.8 billion on two companies
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Carbon Black and Pivotal

Software company VMware said it's acquiring Carbon Black at an enterprise value of $2.1 billion and Pivotal at an enterprise value of $2.7 billion.

VMWare’s GPL woes continue
Published in News
Monday, 11 March 2019 11:25

VMWare’s GPL woes continue


Court case drags on

For the last decade, VMware has been accused of illegally using Linux code in its VMware ESX bare-metal virtual machine hypervisor.

Troubled VMware too buggy to live
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Tuesday, 09 August 2016 12:36

Troubled VMware too buggy to live


New NSX needs to be uninstalled

VMware, which has not been having a good time as the virtualisation market slows, has told users that its latest version of NSX is so buggy it needs to be rolled back.

AMD shows off first virtualised GPUs
Published in Graphics
Tuesday, 02 February 2016 10:35

AMD shows off first virtualised GPUs


Turn a dumb computer into a graphics powerhouse

AMD has revealed what it claims are the world's first hardware virtualized GPU products -- AMD FirePro S-Series GPUs with Multiuser GPU (MxGPU) technology.

VMWare cuts jobs on cloudy results
Published in News
Wednesday, 27 January 2016 12:13

VMWare cuts jobs on cloudy results


Looks like the sky really wasn’t cloud’s limit

While the Cloud is supposed to be the savour of big computing, VMWare, which should be doing well is actually suffering.

Dells says there will be no EMC sell-off
Published in News
Tuesday, 17 November 2015 14:01

Dells says there will be no EMC sell-off


Other than VMWare of course

Tinbox shifter, Michael Dell has confirmed that the has no intention to asset strip EMC and flog off small bits of it.

Dell counter attacks Whitman over EMC buyout
Published in News
Wednesday, 21 October 2015 11:46

Dell counter attacks Whitman over EMC buyout


You got your facts wrong

Tin box shifter Michael Dell has come out fighting after HP CEO Meg Whitman slammed his bid to buy EMC.

EMC and VMware figures explain Dell deal
Published in News
Tuesday, 20 October 2015 11:30

EMC and VMware figures explain Dell deal


Underlying problems will be resolved by Dell

With Dell planning to buy the outfit, EMC and VMware’s primary results were closely looked at by analysts yesterday and they show why both sides are so interested.