Broadcom boss Hock Tan acknowledges 'some unease' among VMware community But rates his first 100 days in charge a 'strong start' Virtualization15 Mar 2024 | 33
Meet the Proxinator: A hyperbox that puts SATA at the heart of VMware migrations Exclusive Proxmox box sees fresh dedicated hardware become part of the market for Virtzilla alternatives Systems13 Mar 2024 | 11
VMware by Broadcom promises more, cheaper, training, starting around May Exclusive But for now, smaller customers have been cut off from on-demand training content Channel11 Mar 2024 | 7
Broadcom says VMware to grow revenue by double-digit percentages all year Networking silicon surges, Carbon Black to be kept in the fold Virtualization08 Mar 2024 | 12
VMware urges emergency action to blunt hypervisor flaws Critical vulns in USB under ESXi and desktop hypervisors found by Chinese researchers at cracking contest Virtualization07 Mar 2024 | 16
Citrix reveals invitation-only 'Platform' license Follows the Broadcom playbook by ending standalone sales of some products Virtualization06 Mar 2024 | 3
Nutanix doesn't expect a rush of VMware refugees – maybe for years Beats guidance as renewals grow and waits for Broadcom and Cisco to bring more bucks Virtualization29 Feb 2024 | 4
Broadcom CEO pay award jumps 164% to $160.8 million Stock awards front loaded, get five years in one go Systems28 Feb 2024 | 10
Broadcom builds a SASE out of VMware VeloCloud and Symantec First integration across properties, as end user compute division readies to leave home Security27 Feb 2024 | 8
The self-created risk in Broadcom's big VMware kiss-off Opinion Arise, the new Migration Nation Virtualization26 Feb 2024 | 28
VMware's end-user compute unit reportedly headed to private equity firm KKR As users report Broadcom massively hikes license costs, consultant advises negotiation tactics used for Oracle or Microsoft will apply Virtualization26 Feb 2024 | 24
VMware takes a swing at Nutanix, Red Hat with KVM conversion tool Also urges customers to remove some of its software due to a critical vulnerability Virtualization21 Feb 2024 | 23
Broadcom moves to reassure VMware users as rivals smell an opportunity 'They want a closed shop,' claims service provider Virtualization15 Feb 2024 | 13
Broadcom terminates VMware's free ESXi hypervisor Certain licenses still allow tinkerers to taste the vStack. Whether they want to is another matter Virtualization13 Feb 2024 | 58
Cloud Software Group effectively snuffs open source XenCenter via a README file It's an interesting way to get the attention of VMware users feeling bruised by Broadcom Virtualization01 Feb 2024 | 9
Dell kills sweetheart distribution deal with Broadcom's VMware Updated No longer willing to be a friend with benefits – perhaps thanks to Big B killing OEM licenses? Virtualization30 Jan 2024 | 26
Amid Broadcom's subscription push, VMware killed a SaaS product Another 50-plus products also binned in move to big bundles Virtualization24 Jan 2024 | 11
Veeam researching support for VMware alternative Proxmox as backup buyers fret about Broadcom Exclusive Product to protect Oracle virtualization is already on the backup vendor’s roadmap Virtualization22 Jan 2024 | 27
Russians invade Microsoft exec mail while China jabs at VMware vCenter Server Plus: Uncle Sam says Ivanti exploits 'consistent with PRC' snoops Cyber-crime20 Jan 2024 | 9
As Broadcom nukes VMware's channel, the big winner is set to be Nutanix A lot of IT depts can't wait to get past their ESX addiction Channel18 Jan 2024 | 27
Patch now: Critical VMware, Atlassian flaws found You didn't have anything else to do this Tuesday, right? Patches16 Jan 2024 | 8
Broadcom ditches VMware Cloud Service Providers Exclusive 'How can they cancel a major program affecting hundreds, perhaps thousands of customers, with zero notice?' Virtualization10 Jan 2024 | 75
Broadcom to end VMware’s channel program, move partners to its own invite-only offering Suppliers don’t know much about what’s going on. Which leaves users in limbo, too Channel28 Dec 2023 | 9
VMware's end-user compute products are for sale. Who might buy 'em? Would you rather a cloud that not-so-gently migrates you, or a retirement home like HCL? Virtualization19 Dec 2023 | 17
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
Windows Server 2022 update gave ESXi host VMs the blue screen blues Wild idea: Maybe Microsoft could introduce a Quality Copilot to stop pushing broken patches Patches16 Nov 2023 | 17
Another month, another bunch of fixes for Microsoft security bugs exploited in the wild Patch Tuesday Plus: VMware closes critical hole, Adobe fixes a whopping 76 flaws Patches15 Nov 2023 | 17
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
VMware reveals critical vCenter vuln that you may have patched already without knowing it Takes rare step of issuing patches for end-of-life versions, as some staff report end-of-career letters Patches25 Oct 2023 | 4
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
Dell allows DPUs to be retrofitted to older PowerEdge servers As VMware emits a significant update to the vSphere suite that wrangles the accelerators Systems25 Sep 2023 | 2
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
Broadcom boss dismisses notion China could derail VMware buy As Nutanix celebrates Cisco hook-up and quirky cloud repatriations Software01 Sep 2023 | 2
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
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 teases multi-cloud generative AI offerings for August debut Data here, model there, Virtzilla’s usual abstraction principles in between Sysadmin Month12 Jul 2023 |
VMware, AMD, Samsung and RISC-V push for confidential computing standards Working with industry 'critical' for boosting adoption, say chipmakers PaaS + IaaS30 Jun 2023 | 7
Inclusive Naming Initiative limps towards release of dangerous digital dictionary Proposes a mere ten terms it feels should disappear from tech vocabularies Offbeat22 Jun 2023 | 246
A (cautionary) tale of two patched bugs, both exploited in the wild One affects VMware's monitoring tool and the other TP-Link routers Patches21 Jun 2023 | 8
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 |
June Patch Tuesday: VMware vuln under attack by Chinese spies, Microsoft kinda meh Plus: Adobe, SAP and Android push updates Patches13 Jun 2023 | 2
VMware again extends formal deadline for Broadcom deal Meanwhile, rivals circle and the hybrid cloud management market morphs Virtualization22 May 2023 | 1