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IBM offloads 'hundreds' of its cloudy VMware customers
Broadcom partner 11:11 picks ‘em up ahead of channel death deadline
Nine in 10 VMware customers eye the exit as licensing bills bite
Rimini Street-sponsored survey finds 48% have no plans to move workloads to Broadcom's preferred subscription platform
Google overhauls cloud modernization portfolio with new AI agents
Google is overhauling its cloud modernization portfolio by bringing its existing migration and modernization tools along with new agentic migration tools and a new Modernization Hu…
The VMware exit is a protection upgrade
PARTNER CONTENT: VergeIO says an exit is also an opportunity
Azure maintenance mess disrupted hybrid clouds, VPNs, cloudy VMware services
Microsoft broke its own cloud but isn’t sure how
Tech Bytes: Bring AI Inferencing on Prem with VMware AI Factory (Sponsored)
The early exuberance of AI adoption has run up against hard-nosed business requirements around managing costs, protecting sensitive data, and matching the right model with the righ…
Gartner predicts 55% of enterprise VMware users will be investigating an exit by 2029
Chasing pack has its problems too, with maturity, cost, and complex licenses
VMware has quietly walked back its SmartNIC ambitions
Virtzilla’s bet on hyperscale hardware going mainstream didn’t excite customers, but may live on
European cloud watchdog slams Broadcom over VMware licensing practices, issues warnings about SAP
Broadcom isn’t playing nicely in the European market, according to a new report by the independent monitoring body European Cloud Competition Observatory (ECCO), which rates Broadc…
CISA: Critical VMware RCE flaw now exploited by ransomware gangs
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned security teams that ransomware gangs have now joined ongoing attacks exploiting a critical VMware vCenter vu…
Broadcom hampers VMware migration by blocking downloads of key SDK
Broadcom is raising the stakes when it comes to preventing its VMware customers from moving to another platform. The company has stopped users from downloading its Virtual Disk Dev…
VMware defends ending downloads of SDK that helps VM backups – or migrations to rivals
Says license was never about moving VMs
Critical VMware Workstation and Fusion Flaw Lets VM Admins Execute Host Code
Broadcom has released security updates for two security flaws impacting VMware Workstation and Fusion, including one critical bug that could result in arbitrary code execution unde…
VMware Workstation and Fusion Updates Patch Critical Vulnerability
The flaws could allow attackers with administrative access to a virtual machine to execute code on the host system. The post VMware Workstation and Fusion Updates Patch Critical Vu…
VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 adds transit gateway flexibility, segmentation, and native EVPN VXLAN support
Software-defined networking (SDN) and virtual networking have long been part of VMware’s portfolio, notably with the NSX technology that’s a foundational part of VMware Cloud Found…
Spurs boots VMware, cites 85% licensing saving
Part of wider infrastructure replacement upgrade project with HPE
Your VMware renewal invoice ate your AI budget – what now?
SPONSORED POST: A free event with Nutanix on Oct 7 can win some of it back
VMware swings its focus back to low-end server virt, promises vSphere Standard upgrade
Found the time to focus and ‘corrected’ incentives that saw sales drive users to full private clouds
VMware by Broadcom: Product, service and support news
News of Broadcom’s plans to acquire VMware triggered concerns among customers, partners, and industry watchers, and the $60 billion Broadcom-VMware deal—finalized in late 2023—ulti…
China-linked hackers turn Cisco IOS XR routers into covert attack infrastructure
A China-linked cyber espionage group has expanded beyond VMware environments to target network and authentication infrastructure that enterprises rely on to manage access and admin…
If hardware price squeezes make you sad, VMware says it will all end in tiers
Virtzilla finding more ways to pull data out of DRAM to enable ‘densification’ and dodge the RAMpocalypse
VMware uses Nvidia-favored 'AI factory' brand to build something with rival AMD
Forget the confusing branding and focus on your shrinking token bill
Private AI cloud, agentic infrastructure dominate VMware Explore
Broadcom announced a new packaged AI infrastructure stack it’s calling the VMware AI Factory today at VMware Explore in Las Vegas. The company also announced a new agent governance…
China-Linked Fire Ant Hijacks Cisco Routers to Steal Credentials and Blind Security Logs
A China-nexus cyber espionage actor tracked as Fire Ant has expanded a long-running campaign beyond VMware hypervisors to compromise Cisco IOS XR routers, Terminal Access Controlle…
The balkanization of virtualization will de-throne VMware, which doesn't mind a bit
The real fight is who wins the most AI and K8s workloads
Kyndryl, Broadcom expand partnership to push private clouds for AI work
Kyndryl and Broadcom on Thursday rolled out new consulting services for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), tweaking the initiative to be an AI program and pledging to invest in the ski…
Google adds AI-powered assessments to Migration Center to speed up cloud migration planning
Building a business case for moving enterprise workloads to the cloud or even switching cloud providers can itself be a lengthy exercise, requiring enterprises to first understand …
Microsoft ends one of the last ways to buy VMware without big bundles
Broadcom’s VCF-or-nothing licenses are coming to Azure
CISA Urges Immediate Patching of Exploited Microsoft, VMware, Apple Vulnerabilities
The flaws can be exploited for remote code execution, authentication bypass, and device takeover. The post CISA Urges Immediate Patching of Exploited Microsoft, VMware, Apple Vulne…