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A server virtualization blog covering virtual machine management and more.
Recent Posts
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Time is up for vSphere 5.5 users: Upgrade or pay to stay
- Associate Editorial Director 05 Sep 2018 -
Top 10 VMworld 2018 sessions to look forward to
- Assistant Site Editor 17 Jul 2018 -
Laws to guide the IT career growth of a virtualization admin
- Assistant Site Editor 31 Jan 2018
LAS VEGAS – A large portion of VMware customers face a decision as the end of support for vSphere 5.5 draws near: Risk foregoing commercial support and security updates or pay up for a 12-month ...
VMworld 2018 promises a tour of emerging technologies, established products, high level strategy and technical deep dives. Plan your conference around these top 10 VMworld 2018 sessions, which ...
Attendees at a Virtualization Technology User Group event learned about five laws for IT career growth that are particularly useful for the virtualization admin in a changing industry.
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Dell going public? Here we go again
- Senior Executive Editor 26 Jan 2018 -
Virtualization divination: Which expert predictions came true in 2016?
27 Jan 2017 -
Virtualization product winners and losers of 2016
19 Dec 2016 -
VMware brings the steak – without the sizzle
- Senior Executive Editor 01 Sep 2016 -
Top 10 VMworld session picks for 2016
- Associate Editorial Director 15 Jul 2016 -
Nobody told Citrix the hypervisor war is over
03 Jun 2016 -
Executive churn continues as VMware evolves and Dell-EMC deal looms
- Associate Editorial Director 02 Mar 2016
Drowning in debt from its 2013 leveraged buyout, Dell Technologies might get a life line if it once again becomes a public company. But for customers it may create waves of uncertainty.
We asked our Advisory Board to look into the future and predict what trends would be big in virtualization in 2016. Looking back, how successful were they?
We took a look at the virtualization product news surrounding VMware, Microsoft, Citrix and Red Hat over the past year and crowned the overall winners and losers of 2016.
LAS VEGAS — There have been some years at VMware's annual VMworld conference where the company sold more sizzle than steak when introducing new technologies and their associated roadmaps. At this ...
Not sure which VMworld 2016 sessions to sign up for? We've scoured the agenda and picked our top 10 favorites.
In an attempt to close the gap in the race for hypervisor supremacy, Citrix rolled out XenServer 7 in May 2016.
The shakeup at VMware continues, as the company confirmed this week that COO Carl Eschenbach is leaving for venture capital firm Sequoia Capital.
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VMware using VSAN to redefine hyper-convergence, but is it the right move?
- Associate Editorial Director 12 Feb 2016 -
VMware ready to drop the axe on vCloud Air, Fusion groups
- Senior Executive Editor 26 Jan 2016 -
VMware finally patches ESXi 5.5 Update 1 NFS bug
- Editorial Director 11 Jun 2014 -
Heartbleed updates ready for VMware products
- Associate Editorial Director 21 Apr 2014 -
VMware NFS bug strikes vSphere 5.5 Update 1 users
- Editorial Director 18 Apr 2014
VMware unveiled the latest version of its Virtual SAN software this week, and while the release includes welcome improvements, VMware's marketing message is missing the mark.
The bloodletting at VMware has begun. Reports published over the past several days about VMware laying off as many as 900 of its 18,000 or so employees are proving correct.
VMware has issued a patch to fix a problem where ESXi 5.5 Update 1 randomly disconnects from NFS storage. The VMware NFS bug popped up in April, causing VMs to appear frozen and affecting ...
Security updates are now available for VMware products affected by the Heartbleed flaw. The OpenSSL security vulnerability, which could allow someone to access the memory of systems secured with ...
VMware vSphere 5.5 Update 1 users are having problems connecting to NFS storage. The new VMware NFS bug causes random disconnects to storage, and it affects products from multiple vendors. The main ...