Network heavy hitters to pool SDN efforts in OpenDaylight project
Software-defined networking, a set of technologies to help networks better adapt to user needs with less manual effort, may at last be getting the common foundation it has needed for interoperability...
View ArticleFormer VMware CEO Maritz to lead new EMC and VMware spinoff
If you've been wondering what former VMware CEO Paul Maritz has been doing for the last eight months or so, last week the proverbial cat was let out of the bag. Maritz has been acting as chief...
View ArticleEMC teams with Avaya on communication pods
Two stalwarts in the enterprise IT market joined forces today to release a unified communications stack that integrates hardware from EMC, virtualization technology from VMware and communications apps...
View ArticleVMware adds project management, secure IM to Socialcast platform
"There is an evolution happening within the social enterprise and social technology space," says Igor Spivak, senior product manager for Socialcast at VMware. "Initially it was targeted toward...
View ArticleVMware sells off Shavlik patch management to LANDesk
Instead of being on the acquisition side of a buying spree, VMware seems to have flipped the tables and is now selling off technologies.
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Review: VMware vSphere 5.1 looms large
With the release of VMware vSphere 5.1, VMware's product line underwent some naming and positioning changes. In the past, there were two different bare-metal hypervisors, one free and one sold as part...
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Virtualization showdown: Microsoft Hyper-V 2012 vs. VMware vSphere 5.1
[ Editor's note: This article has been revised to underscore the fact that we tested VMware vSphere with vCenter Server but we tested Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V without System Center 2012, and...
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Under the hood of Pivotal One, where cloud dev meets big data
Fueled by a $105 million cash infusion from GE, EMC spin-off Pivotal today drew back the curtain on its next-generation
View ArticleVMware partners with Canonical to extend OpenStack cloud
VMware is one of the latest household technology brands to throw its weight behind OpenStack, the open source cloud operating system that launched more than two and half years ago to enable any...
View ArticleVMware launches dual persona feature for Verizon smartphones
VMware today announced that its dual persona mobile device software is now available on some Android OS-based mobile devices sold by Verizon.Dual persona technology creates two OS instances, one for...
View ArticleVMware launches network-savvy cloud service
VMware has launched its long-anticipated public IaaS (infrastructure as a service), touting its virtual networking capabilities as a differentiator from other established hybrid cloud...
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Review: VMware's vCenter Operations Manager lightens the load
One of the downsides to virtualization is the relative complexity of system monitoring. Traditional monitoring systems are well tuned for physical servers, but they can run into issues in the virtual...
View ArticleBig virtualization: VMware is virtualizing Hadoop
VMware today announced advancements that will allow vSphere to manage Hadoop clusters.In doing so, it gives the hundreds of thousands of VMware enterprise customers a way to work with Hadoop...
View ArticleLenovo turns to software partnerships to expand server business
Lenovo is expanding software partnerships as it tries to break into a server market dominated by Hewlett-Packard, IBM, and Dell.Its first such partnership expansion, announced Tuesday, is with VMware...
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