VMware patches critical bug in Workspace ONE Access and vRealize
VMware warns of an authentication vulnerability that could allow hackers to gain administrator privileges. The vulnerability affects Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager and vRealize Automation.
The vulnerability was dubbed CVE-2022-31656 and given a high-priority status. Administrators are ad... Read more
VMware Fusion now supports Windows on Apple M1 processors
VMware recently updated VMware Fusion. The update makes it easier to run Windows applications in VMs on Arm-based Apple M1 processors.
It's been difficult to run Windows applications on Apple Macs with Arm-based M1 or M2 processors through Boot Camp or VMs. Apple's Rosetta 2 software does not su... Read more
VMware updates VMware Cloud on AWS
VMware launched several updates for VMware Cloud on AWS. Solutions for disaster recovery and Kubernetes were renewed.
The first range of updates applies to disaster recovery. The capacity of VMware's disaster recovery solution for AWS doubled from 2,500 virtual machines (VMs) to 6,000 VMs per c... Read more
‘Companies struggle to innovate due to ineffective data use’
A survey by VMware indicates that European businesses struggle to innovate because of ineffective data use.
VMware's report reveals that many of the European enterprises surveyed struggle to extract value from data. The companies have difficulty innovating and miss out on strategic opportunitie... Read more
Update: VMware collects data through ESXi-Arm Fling hypervisor
VMware's ESXi-Arm Fling Arm hypervisor provides monitoring data to VMware since the latest update. The hypervisor shares diagnostic data once a week.
ESXi-Arm Fling is a hypervisor for Arm-based processors in public cloud environments, such as the Ampere Ultra processors. The hypervisor is expe... Read more
Microsoft launches virtual machines with AMD’s encryption tech
Microsoft added virtual machines with AMD's third-gen Epyc CPU encryption and security features to its Azure confidential computing portfolio.
Third-gen Epyc CPUs use Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) technology to protect a VM's memory from a hypervisor through encryption. Microsoft now emp... Read more
Broadcom Software’s president resigns and joins Citrix-TIBCO
Broadcom Software president Tom Krause left the organization to become the new CEO of Citrix-TIBCO.
Broadcom is finalizing the acquisition of VMware in the coming months. Broadcom's software activities, including the divisions of CA and Symantec, will be rebranded to VMware. Although Tom Krause ... Read more
No other buyer for VMware than Broadcom
Broadcom's acquisition of VMware is approaching. The so-called go-shop period, in which other candidates can post an offer, has expired. No one but Broadcom announced their intent.
After Broadcom's announcement of the acquisition, a 'go-shop period' of 40 days kicked in. The period allows other... Read more
VMware launches vSphere+ and vSAN+, starting point for cloud management
VMware introduced two new versions of its existing virtualization solutions: vSphere+ and vSAN+. Both solutions aim to reduce the differences between cloud and on-premises environments. There are still some snags, however.
vSphere+ and vSAN+ are multi-cloud platforms that provide centralized man... Read more
Dell Technologies wants to relieve IT-departments with APEX, but will it succeed?
Dell Technologies is undergoing an enormous transformation. Where it previously mainly sold hardware to fill up your data centre or office, it now wants to relieve organizations by taking a large part of the IT management out of their hands. Dell Technologies offers the APEX portfolio for this purp... Read more