FreeBSD comes to Amazon's lightweight hypervisor
"Serverless" microVMs further blur the line between containers and virtual machines
Virtualization19 Oct 2022 | 7
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AWS targets desktop virtualization rigs with lift and shift to cloudy DaaS
Citrix can do this too. Hyperconverged infrastructure's salad days serving virtual PCs might be ending
Virtualization18 Oct 2022 | 3
Broadcom to spin VMware takeover as creating 'more competition' in cloud
Chip giant flutters eyelashes at Europe in hope of early acqusition
Virtualization17 Oct 2022 | 8
Oracle VirtualBox 7.0 is here – just watch out for the proprietary Extension Pack
Latest version of FOSS hypervisor boasts support for new 3D acceleration tech and encrypted virtual machines
Virtualization11 Oct 2022 | 37
VMware acknowledges the wisdom of never buying version 1.0 of a product
To get you upgrading faster, vSphere will now be released for Initial Availability before reaching General Availability
Virtualization10 Oct 2022 | 5
Amazon lets you rent Ubuntu Pro. Yes, it's Linux on the virtual desktop
Insert your Year of Linux joke here, we dare you
Virtualization30 Sep 2022 | 6
How Citrix dropped the ball on Xen ... according to Citrix
Open Source Summit How to win friends and admit how you lost them earlier?
Virtualization30 Sep 2022 | 17
VMware teases replacement for so-insecure-it-was-retired P2V migration tool
vCenter Converter will make a comeback
Virtualization14 Sep 2022 | 10
SEC charges VMware with hiding slowing sales from investors
Virtualization giant pays $8m to settle claims it pushed revenue into later quarter... without admitting liability
Virtualization13 Sep 2022 | 9
VMware has clouded the SmartNIC market, not created it
Analysis Virtzilla has built itself an island. Important players aren't welcome to visit and might go elsewhere
Virtualization11 Sep 2022 | 5
Forrester rates virtual machine infrastructure ‘stale or risky’
So are ITSM tools that can’t spread, data tools, and private 5G. But outsourcing is cool again
Virtualization08 Sep 2022 | 12
Microsoft extends Teams into VMware and Citrix VDI
Users will now be able to blur or replace their backgrounds during video meetings or calls
Virtualization02 Sep 2022 | 6
VMware’s Amazonian incarnation drops requirement to run on dedicated hosts
VMware Explore vSphere users can start smaller without paying cluster-bucks
Virtualization02 Sep 2022 | 5
VMware customers optimistically wait for Broadcom’s impact
VMware Explore As vCEO Raghu Raghuram tells us Big B won’t treat VMware like its other slash and burn acquisitions
Virtualization31 Aug 2022 | 2
VMware CEO bats away Broadcom concerns – it’s just ‘the next transition’
VMware Explore And so is vSphere for Arm: CEO tells Reg he’s ‘beating up’ the exec responsible for the port
Virtualization30 Aug 2022 | 5
VMware reckons 20% of server cores can come back to work thanks to vSphere 8 and SmartNICs
VMware Explore Re-composes automation and management tools as ‘Aria’, reduces cloud hardware requirements, tries to reinvent security ... again
Virtualization30 Aug 2022 | 1
VMware offers cloudy upgrade lifeline to legacy vCenter users
But warns 'upcoming major release of vSphere' will break some plugins
Virtualization12 Aug 2022 | 9
Parallels increases prices with Desktop version 18
Running Windows apps on your M1 Mac just got a bit more expensive
Virtualization09 Aug 2022 | 24
Citrix adds Hypervisor Cloud to bring more and faster updates
Years after the company quit server virtualization, but may be handy for hybrid work
Virtualization05 Aug 2022 | 3
Windows 11 comes to AWS EC2 as a VM import option
UEFI is sorted, but BYO licenses are required
Virtualization03 Aug 2022 |
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Canonical adds instance tweaking to Multipass, Confidential VMs to Azure
The days of destroying and rebuilding to add another CPU core are numbered
Virtualization01 Aug 2022 |
VMware’s subscriptions start at 16 cores, prices won't be made public
Prepaid one-, three-, or five-year terms preferred for big bundles
Virtualization29 Jul 2022 | 29
VMware delivers a load of updates for its Amazonian incarnation
Windows 11 debuts, as service extends to Hong Kong
Virtualization28 Jul 2022 | 3
Teradici re-emerges as 'HP Anyware' to replace ZCentral Remote Boost
Expect it to be bundled into managed desktop services from HP Inc.
Virtualization26 Jul 2022 | 2
VMware starts tracking use of experimental Arm hypervisor
By watching how you use it, Virtzilla might figure out how to sell it
Virtualization21 Jul 2022 |
Microsoft lures SMBs to Cloudy PCs by connecting them to Xbox accounts
Windows as a service is getting more mature and manageable
Virtualization20 Jul 2022 | 8
VMware president sees some 'anxiety' at customers who've seen Broadcom at work
Virtzilla also thinks SmartNICs can ease your security concerns
Virtualization19 Jul 2022 | 19
Mastermind of Broadcom’s VMware buy is out, CEO Tan to take over software
Updated Chip giant takes an add Hock approach
Virtualization11 Jul 2022 | 4
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Virtualization09 Jul 2022 | 47
Broadcom takeover deal for VMware faces no rival bids
Updated Lack of alternative offers means sale may go ahead with expected completion in fiscal 2023
Virtualization06 Jul 2022 | 11
Ditching VMware over the Broadcom buy? Here are some of your options
Opinion What's your contingency plan?
Virtualization28 Jun 2022 | 27
VMware reveals vSphere-as-a-service – but not the price
Cloudy vSphere+ can manage multiple on-prem environments but not VMw-powered public clouds … for now
Virtualization28 Jun 2022 | 5
Cloudflare menaces virtual desktops with isolated browser access to internal networks
Gives cloudy email a kicking, too – but VDI should be safe in its bastions
Virtualization27 Jun 2022 | 3
Broadcom sketches out VMware ambitions that stretch from mainframe to cloud
Engineers, sales teams told to stick around, customers promised more 'choice' – to buy from Symantec or CA
Virtualization23 Jun 2022 | 11
Xen patches three bugs that allow guest-host takeover
Paravirtualized guests on old x86s are the risk – just the sort of thing that gets forgotten
Virtualization14 Jun 2022 | 3
VMware customers fear Broadcom acquisition will stall innovation, increase cost
Gartner advises renegotiating subscriptions now to avoid ‘dramatic’ and ‘extraordinary’ price rises
Virtualization09 Jun 2022 | 21
VMware customers have watched Broadcom's acquisitions and don't like what they see
It's not hard to find unpleasant precedents for what might happen to Virtzilla
Virtualization31 May 2022 | 39
Broadcom's stated strategy ignores most VMware customers
Focuses on 600 users, lets smaller outfits slide, trims R&D spend, slashes sales expenses
Virtualization30 May 2022 | 35
Broadcom to 'focus on rapid transition to subscriptions' for VMware
Offers comforting vision for core customers, products, channel – though warns efficiencies are coming
Virtualization27 May 2022 | 45
Confirmed: Broadcom, VMware agree to $61b merger
Unless anyone out there can make a better offer. Oh, Elon?
Virtualization26 May 2022 | 12
VMware claims 'bare-metal' performance on virtualized GPUs
Is... is that why Broadcom wants to buy it?
Virtualization24 May 2022 | 1
Broadcom to buy VMware 'on Thursday for $60 billion'
Think we speak for everyone when we say: Seriously, what the f...?
Virtualization24 May 2022 | 23
Broadcom in talks to buy VMware: multiple reports
Michael Dell could be the key to any deal
Virtualization23 May 2022 | 8
Arm, Microsoft at pains to say this CPU arch can be trusted with real server work
It should just run like x86, pair basically stress
Virtualization17 May 2022 | 11
VMware walks back ban on booting vSphere from SD cards or thumb drives
Updated But in future won't certify servers that allow booting from removable media
Virtualization29 Apr 2022 | 14
VMware says server sprawl is back, and SmartNICs are the solution
More details emerge about 'Project Monterey' and its role driving infrastructure workloads into hybrid clouds
Virtualization27 Apr 2022 | 3
VMware reveals a swarm of serious bugs – some critical
Meanwhile changes the name of its major customer-facing event... probably a coincidence
Virtualization07 Apr 2022 | 6
Alibaba Cloud lets its tiny desktop-as-a-service client leave China
Singapore-only release means this is not a major move on the DaaS or VDI markets
Virtualization22 Mar 2022 |
Containers may be more effective than VMs for hybrid apps – Gartner
Sure, licensing is a mess. Packaging, distribution in good shape, tho
Virtualization22 Mar 2022 | 7
VMware offers hardware compatibility list for home labs
Crowdsourced and unofficial info for when you want to run ESXi for fun ... or when official rigs aren't right
Virtualization09 Mar 2022 | 5
Verizon expands network-as-a-service with VMware SD-WAN
MWC If enterprise apps are going into the cloud, someone needs to provide the extra plumbing
Virtualization28 Feb 2022 |
VMware patches critical guest-to-host vulnerabilities
Time to fix code like it's 2020
Virtualization17 Feb 2022 | 3
VMware pulls physical to virtual conversion tool, adds VM to container conversion tool
Physical to virtual conversion tool will be back once modernised, but this is still quite a moment
Virtualization07 Feb 2022 | 33
VMware fixes vSphere release it pulled, sorts out Log4j while it's at it
Driver drama is done, new dev practices should prevent repeats, says Virtzilla
Virtualization28 Jan 2022 | 2
Parallels: Purveyors of decent virtualization software... and occasionally iffy checksums
La la la, we're not listening
Virtualization25 Jan 2022 | 11
Xen and the art of hypervisor upgrades
Version 4.16 adds first look at TPM 2.0 and better big.LITTLE support
Virtualization03 Dec 2021 |
SiFive's latest top-end RISC-V CPU core supports proper virtualization in hardware
Hypervisor extension implemented in P650 processor engine that's stalking Arm's Cortex family
Virtualization02 Dec 2021 | 10
Nutanix, VMware end legal fight over CEO Rajiv Ramaswami
Now they can get back to arguing about computers and clouds
Virtualization02 Dec 2021 |
VMware waiting for Tanzu take-off, tops guidance as customers kick tyres
Clouds and hardware types queueing up to talk now Virtzilla is free of Dell
Virtualization24 Nov 2021 | 1
VMware recalls full vSphere update over driver dramas
Interoperability issues with Ethernet controller sends vSphere 7 Update 3 back to the drawing board
Virtualization22 Nov 2021 | 5
VMware pulls vSphere update that only made things worse
vSphere 7 Update 3b was supposed to fix a high availability glitch, crashing hosts, and more
Virtualization18 Nov 2021 | 4
VMware's divorce from Dell is complete: Virtualization giant now a separate biz with $64bn valuation
Wants to be the 'Switzerland' of cloud
Virtualization01 Nov 2021 | 13
Remember, remember, the 1st of November: The day Dell VMware spun out
Analysis Virtzilla will be just fine – it's finally figured out how to woo developers, and hardware players won't desert it
Virtualization21 Oct 2021 | 5
China to allow overseas investment in VPNs but Beijing keeps control of the generally discouraged tech
Foreign ownership capped at 50%
Virtualization20 Oct 2021 | 6
Google adds VM support to Anthos, admits not everyone is ready for containerised everything
VMware will love this – it works by connecting to vSphere or by managing VMs with Anthos
Virtualization14 Oct 2021 | 6
Want to deploy a new Windows VM on Microsoft Azure? Today might not be your lucky day
Users running non-Windows VMs or existing deployment not affected
Virtualization13 Oct 2021 | 7
VMware’s stack heads to Arm architecture – out on its new two-faced edge
VMworld vSphere as-a-service on the way too, along with software-defined memory
Virtualization05 Oct 2021 |
Nutanix says cloud is a concept, not a place – and guess who it reckons has nailed the concept?
Adds security and networking to platform, hoping you use it to repatriate apps
Virtualization22 Sep 2021 |
After eight years, SPEC delivers a new virtualisation benchmark
Jumps from single-server tests to four hosts – but only for vSphere and RHV
Virtualization17 Sep 2021 |
VMware announces tech preview of Arm hypervisor – Fusion on Apple's M1 silicon
And names a new CTO
Virtualization09 Sep 2021 | 7
PayPal buys Japanese buy-now-pay-later player Paidy for $2.7bn
It's hip to be competing with Square for space on retail counters
Virtualization09 Sep 2021 | 1
VMware shreds planned support for 'cheese grater' Mac Pro
Sorry, vAdmins, you probably don't have an excuse to buy Apple's $699 wheels
Virtualization06 Sep 2021 | 27
Microsoft sinks standalone Hyper-V Server, wants you using Azure Stack HCI for VM-wrangling
Analysis Yet again, Microsoft tries to make your world more Azure-centric
Virtualization31 Aug 2021 | 20
Desktop 17 for Mac: In a Parallels universe with Windows 11 on M1 silicon
Could the fastest Windows on Arm PC be made by Apple?
Virtualization10 Aug 2021 | 19
VMware starts customer testing for vSphere on network accelerators
Looks to be still figuring out what to do with it, rather than prepping product
Virtualization04 Aug 2021 |
AWS adds browser access to its cloudy WorkSpaces desktops – but not for Linux
Microsoft's Windows 365 will do much the same when it launches
Virtualization02 Aug 2021 | 11
HP Inc slurps Teradici to get better at delivering remote PCs
Apparently quite a few people haven't been in the office as much lately
Virtualization30 Jul 2021 | 10
Red Hat buddies up with Nutanix to provide an escape route from VMware
'We have customers saying, help us out of this pickle here, can you possibly just support RHEL running on top of AHV?'
Virtualization29 Jul 2021 | 5
VMware's security boss suddenly bails
Video Tom Corn heads to Open Systems as Virtzilla hints its SmartNIC push has borne fruit
Virtualization26 Jul 2021 | 1
KVM flaw on AMD servers gave malicious VMs a route to take over the host
Updated Vuln thankfully patched following Google Project Zero disclosure
Virtualization30 Jun 2021 |
Will containers kill VMs? There are no winners in this debate
Register Debate Reg readers couldn’t split the argument – perhaps because we kept coming back to containers inside VMs being sensible
Virtualization25 Jun 2021 | 13
The present is virtual, the future should be too
Register Debate Containers are visitors from hyperscale-land. They should respect your ways when you invite them in
Virtualization24 Jun 2021 |
Containers make life easier for the software vendors you buy from, and that's why they'll win
Register Debate Once you can only buy the apps you need as containers, it’s game over
Virtualization23 Jun 2021 | 17
Containers have security problems and flexibility issues. VMs will make them viable
Register Debate Never bet against a technology that has matured over decades
Virtualization22 Jun 2021 | 26
VMs were a fad fit for the Great Recession. Containers’ time has finally come
Register Debate No more managing operating systems and monolithic apps? Where do I sign!
Virtualization21 Jun 2021 | 57
VMware’s just given its best allies the tool to spread its Tanzu container creed
4000 service provider clouds are based on vSphere — now they’re all capable of running Kubernetes too
Virtualization18 Jun 2021 |
VMware’s ESXi-on-Arm adds support for two-socket servers, Nvidia boards
Ampere gets more love and the Raspberry Pi gets some stability tweaks for you virtual adventurers out there
Virtualization16 Jun 2021 |
Apple's macOS 12 adds improved virtualization though no sign of anything like Boot Camp on M1 silicon
Linux and macOS guests will be doable, and iGiant even appears to have added an XKCD Easter Egg
Virtualization08 Jun 2021 | 22
Hyper-V bug that could crash 'big portions of Azure cloud infrastructure': Code published
Now patched: 'A function that can be called with attacker-controlled data (which it shouldn't) and dereference twice a pointer (boom)'
Virtualization02 Jun 2021 | 11
VMware’s incoming CEO promises to change ... almost nothing
And why would he change when quarterly revenue just cracked $3bn for the first time?
Virtualization28 May 2021 | 5
Majority of Nutanix users now employ its homebrew hypervisor
Hyperconverged upstart says subscription transition remains on track and emerging products booming
Virtualization27 May 2021 |
BlackBerry says it’s virtualised macOS for M1 on an x86 CPU
Tweaking QEMU to handle Apple’s XNU kernel was just the beginning
Virtualization20 May 2021 | 9
With Gelsinger back at Intel, VMware picks new CEO from within, shakes up execs
vRangarajan vRaghuram is vBoss after vMotion to vTop
Virtualization12 May 2021 | 1
VMware amends bug report claiming ‘Unauthorized API’ behind critical flaw - now says it's an 'unauthorised end point'
Updated Whatever the source, remote code execution possible on vRealize Business for Cloud – which knows a lot about your private and public platforms
Virtualization06 May 2021 |
India’s massive COVID-19 wave slows VMware desktop hypervisor development
Virtzilla also admits to essentially merging Apple silicon efforts with ESXi on Arm
Virtualization30 Apr 2021 | 8
VMware is 'a few months away' from M1 release of Fusion macOS desktop hypervisor
Test code is apparently blazingly fast, but for now Parallels has VMs on Apple silicon to itself
Virtualization27 Apr 2021 |
In 2020, VMware said its remote work kit was brilliant. Now it says you need its new stuff to do it right
Improves integration and maturity, not quite the new-buzzword-worthy step-change Virtzilla wants
Virtualization22 Apr 2021 | 2
Windows comes to Apple M1 silicon as Parallels delivers native desktop hypervisor
Meanwhile, ESXi on Arm spotted booting Windows
Virtualization15 Apr 2021 | 16
Dell to spin out remaining VMware stake, cements Friends With Benefits status for at least five years
+Analysis ‘Market does not appreciate hardware/software combo’ says Big Mike. So virty giant gets freedom, customers are promised no change
Virtualization15 Apr 2021 | 11
AWS adds local webcam passthrough to both of its remote desktop tools
NICE DCV also gets support for Apple's M1 silicon
Virtualization13 Apr 2021 |
