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Ravello Systems raises $26M to build a cloud hypervisor for developers
In September 2008, Red Hat acquired the KVM hypervisor virtualization startup Qumranet for $107 million.read more
View ArticleThe future looks bright for VMware Flings
For the last few years, VMware engineers have been turning out a number of free experimental tools that operate within the company's server virtualization platform.read more
View ArticleGreenBytes attacks storage costs and IO bottlenecks within VDI
Discussions are once again heating up around the possibility that this may, finally, be the year of desktop virtualization. What's different this year from last -- or the year before that, when similar...
View ArticleVMware pledges to improve security, considers scheduling patch updates
It used to feel like Patch Tuesday was a problem that only Microsoft had to deal with. As Microsoft Windows was the major operating system deployed, it only made sense that this was where hackers...
View ArticleKeep an eye out for changes in VMware's public cloud strategy
In spite of increased competition coming from Microsoft, Citrix, Red Hat and Oracle, VMware still dominates the server virtualization market.read more
View ArticleVMware's software-defined data center will include NSX network virtualization
Last week, at a Strategic Forum for Institutional Investors, VMware presented its strategy on the growing importance of the software-defined data center (SDDC) by saying the move from the physical to a...
View ArticleOracle makes a quiet acquisition of cloud software startup Nimbula
Oracle continues to push forward with its acquisition spree while at the same time pursuing the company's cloud journey. But unfortunately for Oracle, the company seems way behind its rivals when it...
View ArticlePayPal's 'rip and replace' of VMware for OpenStack much ado about nothing
For the past week, a story reported on Business Insider and other publications has caused quite a stir with its statements that PayPal -- and perhaps even its parent company eBay -- is "ditching"...
View ArticleFormer VMware CEO Maritz to lead new EMC and VMware spinoff
If you've been wondering what former VMware CEO Paul Maritz has been doing for the last eight months or so, last week the proverbial cat was let out of the bag. Maritz has been acting as chief...
View ArticlePiston Cloud unveils enterprise OpenStack 2.0
Since the company first launched back in January 2011, Piston Cloud has built a solid reputation within the OpenStack community. The company was founded by key individuals involved in the cloud market...
View ArticleVMware sells off Shavlik patch management to LANDesk
Instead of being on the acquisition side of a buying spree, VMware seems to have flipped the tables and is now selling off technologies.read more
View ArticleVMware partners with Canonical to extend OpenStack cloud
VMware is one of the latest household technology brands to throw its weight behind OpenStack, the open source cloud operating system that launched more than two and half years ago to enable any...
View ArticleDell updates and rebrands Foglight for virtualization management
In the seven years the InfoWorld Virtualization Report has been following the virtualization ecosystem, I've seen my fair share of bigger fish swallowing up smaller fish to either consume the latter's...
View ArticleBluelock provides VMware users with cloud-based disaster recovery
Lately there seems to be more and more applications and internal IT services being migrated to the cloud. One of those cloud services that businesses are investigating is disaster recovery. It seems...
View ArticleVMware Horizon Mobile delivers BYOD functionality to Verizon in US
As the competition in the server virtualization market continues to heat up and the number of "unvirtualized" servers continues to dwindle, market pressures are forcing VMware to look outside its...
View ArticleCitrix and Nvidia accelerate desktop virtualization with virtual GPUs
Nvidia's portfolio of hardware, software, and appliances has been focused of late on providing GPU acceleration within the data center. Until recently, the company's general-purpose GPU (GPGPU)...
View ArticleVeeam announces Backup and Replication 7 for VMware, Microsoft environments
If you are a VMware fan or have been involved with server virtualization for any length of time, you've probably already come across the "green machine" marketing group from Veeam Software at VMworld,...
View ArticleBlueStacks uses virtualization to run iOS apps on Android-powered GamePop...
Virtualization doesn't always have to be about administrators in khaki pants and polo shirts splicing up physical servers into many virtual servers behind data center walls. The technology can provide...
View ArticleBromium vSentry 2.0 protects users, companies with latest microvisor
At Citrix Synergy this year, I had the opportunity to speak with Simon Crosby, co-founder and CTO at Bromium. Though Bromium didn't have a booth at this year's event, I've discovered on more than one...
View ArticleCenturyLink acquires AppFog to offer multicloud PaaS
CenturyLink, the third largest telecom provider in the United States and provider of fiber networks to businesses around the world, has acquired AppFog, a Portland, Ore.-based platform-as-a-service...
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