vmware news from FierceCIO

Cloud-based services have raised a number of red flags for CIOs from the outset, but two recent news items demonstrate a bait and switch in the sector. If enterprises are thinking twice about moving Read more...

Three new projects out of Intel (NASDAQ: INTC)--the Cloud 2015 vision, the Open Data Center Alliance and Intel Cloud Builders--aim to make cloud computing more interoperable, but the rather Read more...

VMware wants to displace Windows by developing a subscription-based, hosted service that makes it possible for cloud-based applications to be delivered to any user device, reports Jon Brodkin at IDG Read more...

Tully Rinckey PLLC, a mid-sized but fast-growing law firm with offices in Albany, N.Y., and Washington, D.C., recently started deploying virtualization technologies as a way to facilitate the firm's Read more...

Cisco has announced the first third-party virtual switch designed to be natively supported in VMware's ESX enterprise virtualization software. Cisco's Paul Fazzone notes that his company is in effect Read more...

Keeping one step ahead of its competition, virtualization behemoth VMware unveiled infrastructure software that pools hardware and network resources into a cloud-computing environment. Launched at Read more...

As expected, Microsoft on Tuesday announced changes to its licensing policy that makes it easier for companies to shift to virtualization. A licensing cap previously mandated that virtual machine Read more...

Earlier this week, a Microsoft spokesperson said the company will announce licensing changes with regards to server virtualization next Tuesday. Indeed, current Microsoft licensing rules have been Read more...

If your organization is running VMware ESX as its virtualization platform, I sincerely hope you were not severely affected by the "time bomb" bug that slipped in via a late-July patch. The flaw Read more...

Effective July 28, VMware will be making its ESXi hypervisor available for free. This aggressive move comes as a direct counter to Microsoft's efforts to propagate its own Hyper-V hypervisor, Read more...