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Cloud Computing: VMworld Report

Posted September 6, 2010 - 2:20 pm

With a tag line of "Virtual Roads. Actual Clouds," it's easy to understand that this year's US VMworld was wall-to-wall cloud computing. Nevertheless, it was striking how cloud-centric the expo floor at VMworld was. Based on my meetings, chance discussions, and floor wandering, here is my admittedly impressionistic take on the event:
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VMworld 2010: Virtualization, The Matrix, and the VMware/Microsoft rivalry

Posted September 1, 2010 - 8:44 pm

Ten highlights from VMworld, the massive virtualization conference.
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One year after controversy, Citrix beefs up VMworld presence

Posted August 17, 2010 - 2:22 pm

Citrix has made amends with VMware one year after a controversy involving VMware, Citrix and Microsoft.
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VMware denies banning competitors from VMworld

Posted May 29, 2009 - 3:21 pm

VMware this week had to reassure industry observers that it will not ban competition from the VMworld conference, after bloggers took the company to task for releasing a policy change that appeared to prevent competing vendors from demonstrating products at the virtualization trade show.
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Appliances big opportunity for Linux, Novell says

Posted February 26, 2009 - 10:12 am

The modularity and licensing of Linux makes well suited as the platform of choice for software appliances, a Novell executive said at VMworld.
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VMware customers look past the turmoil

Posted September 18, 2008 - 5:07 pm

VMware has taken a beating in the press and on Wall Street lately over its management upheaval, slower growth rate and competition from Microsoft, but customers at the VMworld conference here said they were either unaware of or unconcerned by the mounting pressure.
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VMware's VirtualCenter coming to Linux, iPhone

Posted September 17, 2008 - 2:11 pm

VMware CTO Stephen Herrod drew a cheer at the VMworld conference Wednesday by announcing plans to bring the next version of VMware's VirtualCenter management software to Linux and the iPhone.
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VMware chief says the OS is history

Posted September 16, 2008 - 4:50 pm

VMware's CEO made his pitch on Tuesday for a new type of operating system for the data center, and in the process assigned the "traditional OS" to the dustbin of history.
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VMware tries to expand throughout the data center

Posted September 15, 2008 - 1:45 pm

VMware, facing increased pressure from rivals Microsoft and Citrix Systems, will announce new products this week intended to let customers extend their use of virtualization beyond servers and into all corners of the data center, including storage and network equipment.
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McAfee, Symantec ready VM security products

Posted September 15, 2008 - 10:35 am

With VMware's user conference beginning this week in Las Vegas, security vendors Symantec and McAfee are readying new products designed to lock down the software running in virtual machine environments.
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