Apple, Corellium settle iOS virtualization case iGiant was on the back foot after courts found virtual iPhones were fair use Virtualization18 Dec 2023 | 2
VMware channel partner rates new product bundles and subs-only licenses 'very attractive' As Broadcom division announces it will keep desktop hypervisors, revive 'Flings' Virtualization15 Dec 2023 | 10
Broadcom halves subscription price for VMware's flagship hybrid cloud suite +Comment Also kills perpetual licenses, adds a vSphere bundle for smaller users Virtualization12 Dec 2023 | 17
Broadcom to divest VMware's end-user computing and Carbon Black units Updated Warns of $1.3 billion charge for cutting Virtzilla's costs, rapid shift to subs and sales of the whole vStack rather than individual pieces Virtualization07 Dec 2023 | 30
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
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 | 5
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 Month23 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
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