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- March 09, 2021
09 Mar'21
Nvidia launches integrated AI platform for VMware vSphere 7
Making good on their promise last fall, Nvidia and VMware have delivered a platform allowing vSphere 7 users to run the next generation of AI-based applications.
- October 12, 2020
12 Oct'20
VMworld 2020 news and conference coverage
This year's VMworld conference runs virtually from Sep. 29 to Oct. 1. Read the latest news and announcements about and from the event, including the Best of VMworld awards.
- September 30, 2020
30 Sep'20
Winners of the Best of VMworld 2020 Awards
Best of VMworld 2020 Awards recognize the most innovative new products associated with VMworld 2020. A panel of judges named winners in seven categories, including Best of Show.
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- September 30, 2020
30 Sep'20
TechTarget announces Best of VMworld 2020 Award winners
The Best of VMworld 2020 Awards highlight the most innovative products from VMware ecosystem partners. Here are the winners of all six categories and the Best of Show.
- February 27, 2020
27 Feb'20
VMware security for Cloud Foundation ties to Carbon Black
The new VMware Advanced Security for Cloud Foundation binds the company's security offerings with other key VMware offerings such as Carbon Black and NSX.
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Key Principles for Delivering a Rewarding Employee Experience
Sponsored by Citrix - In the quest for success, organizations are putting much more focus on the employee experience (EX). The goal is to improve both employee satisfaction AND engagement. According to Willis Towers Watson, employee engagement is “employees’ willingness and ability to contribute to company success.” Numerous metrics showcase the hard-dollar value of improved employee experience and engagement. The Gallup Organization found that when EX is better, profits go up 21% and absenteeism goes down 41%. The gains are so compelling that the question becomes how we improve EX, not should we do it. See More
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In Financial Services, IT Modernization Is Key to Digital Transformation Success
Sponsored by Dell Technologies VMware - Digital transformation is the key to survival, success and innovation in the financial sector. For companies in banking and other financial services, digital transformation can be a wide-ranging and potentially complex undertaking. See More
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The Mandate for Enhanced Security to Protect the Digital Workspace
Sponsored by Citrix - The rapid shift to remote work, induced by the pandemic, made the deployment of digital workspaces a top priority for many organizations and knowledge workers. These evolutionary changes and the commitment to hybrid work (for now) is keeping the focus on the digital workspace. Security wasn’t the first consideration for many of the 1.0 implementations. While digital workspaces have provided much better security than simple remote access, there is more to be done to improve the defense posture of these critical platforms. Endpoints are still the source of many breaches: A recent IDC research study shows that 70% of breaches originate at the endpoint. See More
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For Colleges and Universities, It’s Time to Accelerate the Pace of Digital Transformation
Sponsored by Dell Technologies VMware - Most colleges and universities were on the journey to digital transformation heading into 2020. There were many reasons, including the need to support increased remote learning; to embrace cloud agility, scale and economics, particularly in the face of more austere budgets; and to keep pace with the changing requirements of constituents, whether teachers, students, administrators, researchers or even their own IT departments. See More
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- February 05, 2020
05 Feb'20
VMware licensing change limits CPUs to 32 cores
VMware moved its per-CPU licensing plan closer to competitors' per-core licensing plans by requiring one license for CPUs with 32 cores.
- January 29, 2020
29 Jan'20
'Limited' number of VMware layoffs confirmed in 'rebalancing'
VMware says the layoffs will allow the company to better focus on helping corporate users figure out their multi-cloud strategies and affected workers may be reassigned.
- September 17, 2019
17 Sep'19
VMworld 2019 conference coverage
The annual VMworld conference runs from Aug. 25 to Aug. 29. Get all the information you'll need by reading the latest news and announcements about and from the user event.
- August 30, 2019
30 Aug'19
IT pros look to VMware's GPU acceleration projects to kick-start AI
The virtualization giant's recent acquisition of Bitfusion and its close partnership with Nvidia bring GPU virtualization to vSphere.
- August 28, 2019
28 Aug'19
Best of VMworld 2019 U.S. Award winners
The Best of VMworld 2019 U.S. Awards highlight the most innovative products on display at VMworld 2019. Here are the winners of all six categories and the Best of Show.
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- August 27, 2019
27 Aug'19
Project Pacific outshines vSphere 6.7 U3, Platinum updates
VMworld's 'What's new in vSphere?' session at VMworld is a perennial attendee favorite, but the updates were overshadowed by the hubbub around Project Pacific.
- August 27, 2019
27 Aug'19
VMware plans to overhaul vSphere for Kubernetes
VMware may be late to the Kubernetes party, but its plan to roll native support into vSphere could be a game changer.
- August 08, 2019
08 Aug'19
VMware HCX updates aim to simplify workload migration
The latest version of VMware HCX was designed to simplify workload migration and includes non-vSphere to vSphere migration and large-scale bulk migration.
- June 28, 2019
28 Jun'19
Hardware options to support a reverse cloud migration
Moving back on premises can require new infrastructure if maintenance windows have expired, and admins must meet power and storage demands to ensure apps migrate successfully.
- June 24, 2019
24 Jun'19
Best of VMworld 2019 U.S. Awards: Rules and criteria
Read the updated rules, criteria and categories for the Best of VMworld 2019 U.S. Awards to find out what the requirements are for each product nomination.
- June 24, 2019
24 Jun'19
Best of VMworld 2019 U.S. Awards: Nomination form
Nominate the top virtualization, cloud and end-user computing products for the Best of VMworld 2019 U.S. Awards.
- May 14, 2019
14 May'19
RHV 4.3 updates take backseat to container-native virtualization
Most new apps start in containers nowadays. However, certain legacy applications still don't work with containers. RHV 4.3 hopes to help bridge the gap.
- April 29, 2019
29 Apr'19
VMware Cloud on Dell EMC bridges on-premises infrastructure
VMware's new cloud service enables corporate users to deploy and manage on-premises environments in both their core data centers and edge locations.
- April 02, 2019
02 Apr'19
VMware vRealize Suite updates focus on cloud management
The latest versions of vRealize Operations, Network Insight and Automation offer tools to help VMware admins effectively manage workload resources and control cloud costs.
- March 13, 2019
13 Mar'19
Container management tools must overcome limitations
As container adoption surges, the management tools organizations need to support these deployments at scale are still in their infancy.
- December 04, 2018
04 Dec'18
VMware news in 2018: Acquisitions, partnerships and more
VMware acquisitions and partnerships led a year of VMware news, including the addition of CloudHealth and Heptio, as well as a relationship with Amazon that remains fruitful.
- September 05, 2018
05 Sep'18
VMware extends its hybrid cloud platform to the edge
VMware pulled back the curtain on some next-generation software that promises to bring the capabilities of its VMware Cloud on AWS to on-premises data centers.
- September 05, 2018
05 Sep'18
Time is up for vSphere 5.5 users: Upgrade or pay to stay
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 ...
- August 29, 2018
29 Aug'18
Best of VMworld 2018 U.S. Award winners
The Best of VMworld 2018 U.S. Awards highlight the most innovative products on display at VMworld 2018. Here are the winners of all seven categories and the Best of Show.
- August 27, 2018
27 Aug'18
VMware vSphere update tweaks HTML5 client, bundles AppDefense
Hoping to keep its broad base of vSphere users engaged, VMware debuted an updated version of the virtualization offering and a version bundled with AppDefense.
- July 17, 2018
17 Jul'18
Top 10 VMworld 2018 sessions to look forward to
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 ...
- July 11, 2018
11 Jul'18
VMworld 2018 conference coverage
Check out TechTarget's full coverage leading up to VMworld 2018 U.S., including major news and announcements related to the SDDC, virtualization, containers, the cloud and EUC.
- May 15, 2018
15 May'18
Red Hat Virtualization 4.2 updates include UI and DR enhancements
The latest updates to Red Hat's virtualization platform enhance enterprise-grade features. But despite improvements, it's still not a VMware killer.
- May 01, 2018
01 May'18
VMware NSX portfolio aims to unify local and cloud workloads
VMware's NSX strategy aims to help enterprises stitch together data centers and cloud environments, though it could be overkill for IT shops with simpler needs that are more specific.
- February 23, 2018
23 Feb'18
IT turns to VMware encryption for added VM security
Encryption features in recent vSphere and vSAN updates aim to balance security with simplicity and performance. For VMware shops, there is little standing in the way of adoption.
- February 19, 2018
19 Feb'18
VMware SaaS technology, hybrid cloud help IT with 2018 plans
Hybrid cloud is the top IT priority for users in 2018, with SaaS technology at a close second, according to a TechTarget survey. Let's see what VMware's doing in these markets.
- February 14, 2018
14 Feb'18
VMware NSX integration push ramps up to reinforce IT ties
With tighter integration between its NSX and its cloud and virtualization offerings, VMware aims to reinforce its networking chops with enterprise IT.
- January 31, 2018
31 Jan'18
Laws to guide the IT career growth of a virtualization admin
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.
- January 26, 2018
26 Jan'18
Dell going public? Here we go again
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.
- January 26, 2018
26 Jan'18
OpenShift on OpenStack aims to ease VM, container management
In this Q&A, Red Hat's Brian Gracely discusses managing a virtual environment that has both VMs and containers and how OpenShift on OpenStack can help.
- December 15, 2017
15 Dec'17
VMware NSX-T 2.0 updates include new firewalls, load balancing
With the recent release of VMware NSX-T 2.0, and 2.1 on the horizon, customers are starting to take note of security improvements, new features and functionality.
- December 05, 2017
05 Dec'17
New TPCx-HCI benchmark accounts for price and performance
In this Q&A, Reza Taheri, chairman of the TPCx-HCI committee, talks about the process for developing the new benchmark and outlines application performance testing.
- September 25, 2017
25 Sep'17
Unclench fists, open arms: Dirk Hohndel on VMware open source shift
VMware talked the talk about open source, but now it's walking the walk. Dirk Hohndel, VMware's open source advocate, talks about VMware's embrace of the open source world.
- September 05, 2017
05 Sep'17
VMware: Kubernetes, vRealize Automation add value to VIO 4.0 – so pay up
VMware Integrated OpenStack 4.0 touts Kubernetes support and vRealize Automation integration, but is it enough to justify the new pricetag?
- September 01, 2017
01 Sep'17
Upgraded vSphere web client fails to fix old complaints
As more IT vendors move to web-based management consoles, administrators are often forced to navigate a complex maze of browser requirements.
- August 31, 2017
31 Aug'17
VMware teams with Pivotal rather than tackle containers alone
Pivotal Container Service brings Kubernetes to vSphere while NSX adds security, but the new service raises questions about VMware's own container projects.
- August 29, 2017
29 Aug'17
Best of VMworld 2017 US Award winners
The Best of VMworld Awards highlight the most innovative products on display at VMworld 2017. Here are the winners of all seven categories and Best of Show.
- August 29, 2017
29 Aug'17
VMware's NSX networking comes of age at VMworld
VMware will add a dollop of NSX networking 'secret sauce' to many of its core products as a central piece of its strategies around virtualization, cloud computing and IoT.
- July 11, 2017
11 Jul'17
VMworld 2017 conference coverage
Check out TechTarget's full coverage of the VMworld 2017 U.S. conference in Las Vegas, including news and announcements from the convention floor.
- May 05, 2017
05 May'17
Red Hat Virtualization updates pave way for hybrid cloud, automation
Red Hat Virtualization 4.1 includes better integration with Ansible and CloudForms. Admins should get to know these and other RH products to better manage their environments.
- March 10, 2017
10 Mar'17
VCDX certification price change frustrates prospects
For the first time in years, VMware increased prices for its certifications -- and IT pros aren't thrilled with how much more they'll have to pay for the VCDX certification, in particular.
- February 03, 2017
03 Feb'17
VMware positions NSX-T to support non-vSphere environments
As its NSX virtual networking software gains traction on vSphere, VMware puts more muscle behind a version designed for non-vSphere environments.
- October 25, 2016
25 Oct'16
2017 Impact Awards: Vote for the Best Software-Defined Infrastructure Product
Vote here in the 2017 Impact Awards for the Best Software-Defined Infrastructure Product.
- September 01, 2016
01 Sep'16
VMware brings the steak – without the sizzle
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 ...
- August 30, 2016
30 Aug'16
Best of VMworld 2016 US Award winners
TechTarget's Best of VMworld Awards recognize the most outstanding products at VMware's annual user conference. Here are the VMworld 2016 winners.
- August 02, 2016
02 Aug'16
Unifying VMware NSX-MH, NSX-V may be easier said than done
Merging VMware's two NSX code bases could save time and development costs. But significant architectural changes to the latest version could result in giving back some of those savings.
- July 15, 2016
15 Jul'16
Top 10 VMworld session picks for 2016
Not sure which VMworld 2016 sessions to sign up for? We've scoured the agenda and picked our top 10 favorites.
- June 24, 2016
24 Jun'16
VMworld 2016 conference coverage
The latest news and analysis from VMworld 2016.
- June 24, 2016
24 Jun'16
VMworld 2015 conference coverage
The latest news and analysis from the conference.
- June 03, 2016
03 Jun'16
Nobody told Citrix the hypervisor war is over
In an attempt to close the gap in the race for hypervisor supremacy, Citrix rolled out XenServer 7 in May 2016.
- April 26, 2016
26 Apr'16
As vSphere revenues dip, VMware heads for the (hybrid) cloud
With revenues from the product that put it atop of the virtualization heap under siege, VMware looks to its new offerings to propel it forward – the hybrid cloud.
- March 02, 2016
02 Mar'16
Executive churn continues as VMware evolves and Dell-EMC deal looms
The shakeup at VMware continues, as the company confirmed this week that COO Carl Eschenbach is leaving for venture capital firm Sequoia Capital.
- February 23, 2016
23 Feb'16
IBM-VMware partner to streamline move to hybrid clouds
IBM- VMware partnership looks to streamline VMware environments for the hybrid cloud. Users are hopeful but adopt a wait-and-see attitude.
- February 19, 2016
19 Feb'16
Containers vs. VMs: It's not an either or proposition
Many think the choice between containers and virtual machines is an either or proposition. It's not – here's why.
- February 17, 2016
17 Feb'16
Hyper-converged choices pit hypervisor mobility vs. VMware
The latest hyper-converged appliance from VMware and VCE is built around VMware software integration, while Nutanix gives users a way to easily move applications off VMware's hypervisor.
- February 12, 2016
12 Feb'16
VMware using VSAN to redefine hyper-convergence, but is it the right move?
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.
- January 26, 2016
26 Jan'16
VMware ready to drop the axe on vCloud Air, Fusion groups
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.
- October 21, 2015
21 Oct'15
Dell-VMware deal begins with risky hands-off strategy
More than a week after its $67 billion acquisition of EMC and VMware, Dell fails to offer specifics on VMware's role in the combined company. Can this be a good thing?
- October 20, 2015
20 Oct'15
Microsoft containers gain data center momentum
Container technology continues to gain momentum in the data center and now Microsoft has joined in on the fun.
- October 20, 2015
20 Oct'15
What does the Dell takeover of EMC mean for VMware?
Two of the largest hardware vendors have agreed to merge, but where does that leave the biggest name in virtualization?
- October 20, 2015
20 Oct'15
VMworld 2015 fails to impress
VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger spoke about the need to pivot like a startup, but VMware is still acting like a lumbering giant.
- September 16, 2015
16 Sep'15
VMworld 2015 receives positive reviews from users
As over 23,000 people watched the keynote speeches from VMworld 2015, users took to social media to give their reviews of VMware's announcements.
- September 15, 2015
15 Sep'15
VMware NSX trial option on the way -- for some
VMware still hasn't allowed public access to a try-before-you-buy NSX evaluation, but a VMUG EVALExperience option is in the works.
- September 10, 2015
10 Sep'15
VMware NSX roadmap puts focus on SDDC and cloud security
VMware executives talked up the security aspects of an NSX deployment, citing use cases and giving a preview of upcoming features.
- September 02, 2015
02 Sep'15
VExperts won't buy into VMware NSX without eval options
VMware NSX could be a game changer, but IT pros won't believe it – and won't invest in it – until they can test it for themselves.
- September 01, 2015
01 Sep'15
Best of VMworld 2015 Awards winners
The Best of VMworld 2015 Awards recognize the most innovative new server virtualization, cloud and end-user computing products.
- August 31, 2015
31 Aug'15
VMware EVO:RACK timeline, features revealed
VMware EVO:RACK is still a work in progress that won't emerge for many months, but some details, including a new name, have been released.
- August 24, 2015
24 Aug'15
Experts weigh in: VMworld 2015 predictions
Besides updates to its hyper-converged lineup, VMware has been tight-lipped about what it will unveil at VMworld. That won't stop us from guessing.
- August 13, 2015
13 Aug'15
Q&A: VMware CTO dishes on Project Bonneville, containers
VMware CTO Kit Colbert discusses how the company’s Project Bonneville will fit containers into a vSphere infrastructure.
- June 25, 2015
25 Jun'15
Red Hat bares RHEV roadmap, fate of the hypervisor
Red Hat is adding features to its virtualization software to stay competitive, but is also worried about staying relevant as the industry moves to embrace cloud and containers.
- June 23, 2015
23 Jun'15
New Docker networking feature removes limitations
Docker networking limitations have hindered production use of containers, but a new feature adds much-needed flexibility.
- June 22, 2015
22 Jun'15
VMworld 2015 conference coverage
Keep up with the latest news and Best of VMworld 2015 Awards coverage.
- June 16, 2015
16 Jun'15
As virtualization plateaus, bare-metal computing finds a niche
Virtualization has spurred new levels of IT productivity, but as innovation begins to stall, some companies find bare-metal deployments better fit their performance needs.
- June 16, 2015
16 Jun'15
Server virtualization technologies under siege
The combination of bare-metal servers and containers is giving traditional server virtualization a run for its money.
- May 15, 2015
15 May'15
VMware forecast: partly cloudy with chance of market gain
VMware has made significant investments in network virtualization, end-user computing and the cloud. By the first-quarter results, those efforts are paying off.
- May 11, 2015
11 May'15
Container your enthusiasm: Docker doesn't want to replace the VM
Today’s containers solve application portability problems. Could they also drive the next wave of server consolidation?
- May 11, 2015
11 May'15
A brief history of Docker Containers' overnight success
The company's technology made application containers more portable, but is it just hype or will the software find a permanent home in data centers?
- April 22, 2015
22 Apr'15
VMware uses open source to further cloud-native apps
Criticized for proprietary lock-in, VMware's open source projects and container support may encourage developers to create cloud-native apps.
- April 17, 2015
17 Apr'15
Ravello nested virtualization brings ESXi to AWS, Google cloud
Ravello’s nested virtualization has expanded to VMware environments, allowing customers to use ESXi in AWS and Google Cloud Platform.
- April 10, 2015
10 Apr'15
Microsoft Hyper-V Containers the latest Docker embrace
Microsoft continues its push for Docker, the Linux container technology, with a new Hyper-V Container tool for greater application isolation.
- April 03, 2015
03 Apr'15
VMware EVO:RAIL attracts lots of tire kickers, few drivers
VMware users are showing interest in EVO:RAIL, but competitive offerings and more complex decision making slows the purchasing process down.
- February 26, 2015
26 Feb'15
Purchasing servers in a virtualized world
Virtualization creates the foundation of a software-defined data center, an arrangement by which all elements of an IT infrastructure are delivered as a service. This requires the virtualization of networks, storage and servers, a configuration ...
- February 26, 2015
26 Feb'15
How virtualization changes hardware purchases
With the rise of the software-defined data center and new hardware options that take advantage of virtualization, we're seeing another transformation in the way hardware is purchased.
- February 17, 2015
17 Feb'15
EVO:RACK is VMware's secret weapon in the SDN war
If VMware can't win over networking pros, its hyperconverged product family is the perfect way to sneak NSX through the back door.
- September 04, 2014
04 Sep'14
EVO:RAIL and containers top VMworld highlights
In this podcast, we talk with Simon Crosby, CTO of Bromium, about VMware's support for containers and dig into how EVO:RAIL fits into the hyper-converged market.
- July 18, 2014
18 Jul'14
VMware Marvin speculation and VMworld expectations
In this podcast, we talk with Christian Mohn about the VMware Marvin speculation and what we're expecting to see at VMworld 2014.
- July 10, 2014
10 Jul'14
New VMware beta program aims to kill vSphere 2015 bugs
The vSphere 2015 beta party is no longer invite-only. VMware pros hope the new program will reduce the amount of bugs in the next version of vSphere.
- July 01, 2014
01 Jul'14
VMworld 2014 conference coverage
Attendees flock to San Francisco for one of the largest IT conferences focusing on virtualization, enterprise mobility and cloud computing.
- May 16, 2014
16 May'14
Where are Citrix and VMware headed with end-user products?
In this podcast, we shed light on Citrix and VMware end-user product roadmaps with a recent news recap and an interview with VMware CTO Kit Colbert.
- March 08, 2013
08 Mar'13
Puppet, VMware bring DevOps automation tools to vCenter
New automation tools from Puppet aim to introduce VMware admins to the world of DevOps, but programming knowledge remains a barrier for some IT pros.
- September 07, 2012
07 Sep'12
Software-defined storage previews intrigue VMware pros
Software-defined storage may be an attractive option for IT shops, provided they can trust new kinds of vendors with their storage management.
- August 28, 2012
28 Aug'12
Best of VMworld 2012 awards
A panel of more than 10 industry experts selected the best technologies for TechTarget'’s Best of VMworld 2012 awards. And the winners are …
- July 30, 2012
30 Jul'12
Bon Jovi, I’ll be there for you at VMworld 2012
Jon Bon Jovi gives VMworld a big name as the headliner of its conference-ending party.
- July 13, 2012
13 Jul'12
Citrix XenServer 'on the clock' as hypervisor wars heat up
Citrix will add shared-nothing storage live migration to XenServer, to compete with Microsoft's Hyper-V.
- July 10, 2012
10 Jul'12
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 removes licensing option for Hyper-V
When Microsoft’s Windows Server 2012 ships, Hyper-V shops will have fewer licensing options. Some IT pros say that’s a good thing.