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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 | 30

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

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

Regulatory red dragon keeping silent with a day left until deadline

Virtualization30 Oct 2023 | 4

As uncertainty swirls, VMware closes its home for experimental software

Broadcom buy set to wrap any moment now – probably

Virtualization30 Oct 2023 | 2

South Korea approves Broadcom's VMware buy

Virtzilla's final releases as an indepdent company might be biggish upgrades to its desktop hypervisors

Virtualization23 Oct 2023 | 1

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

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 | 19

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 |

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Adobe's buy of Figma is 'likely' bad for developers, rules UK regulator

Competition Markets Authority claims merger will reduce innovation for designers and other creative types

UK government rings the death knell for SIM farms

Acts under the guise of protecting the public from fraud, yet history suggests Home Office has other motives

Experienced Copilot help is hard to find, warns Microsoft MVP

Almost nobody has used it, or knows it well, so beware of consultants bearing cred

Brit borough council apologizes for telling website users to disable HTTPS

Planning portal back online with a more secure connection

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

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

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