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VMware demo reveals ESX 4.0 features
News VMware's forthcoming ESX Server 4.0 hypervisor update will allow users to change the amount of RAM allocated to virtual machines without rebooting them, VMworld 2008 attendees heard Tuesday. In addition, the new hypervisor will enable businesses to...
[September 17, 2008, 13:51]
VMware unfazed by Microsoft's guerrilla marketing
News VMware chief executive Paul Maritz today laughed off attempts by Microsoft staff to conduct a guerrilla marketing campaign at VMware's annual worldwide conference in Las Vegas. Employees of Microsoft, which last week announced the forthcoming...
[September 17, 2008, 11:04]
VMware announces Fusion 2.0, vClient Initiative
News A day after entering the cloud-computing fray, VMware on Tuesday turned its focus to desktop applications. In conjunction with its VMworld conference, the virtualisation company announced the general availability of VMware Fusion 2.0, software for...
[September 17, 2008, 8:19]
VMware demos next-gen virtualisation
News VMware has some new ideas for tackling an age-old problem for system administrators: how do you keep a computing service available when the server it's running on fails? Replay lets VMware's software log the actions of software running in a...
[September 14, 2007, 8:20]
VMware feeds Windows XP to Linux
News VMware, whose software lets computers run numerous operating systems simultaneously, expects a boost from Windows XP with its coming version 3.0. VMware Workstation 3.0, going on sale today (Monday), is compatible with Microsoft's new Windows XP...
[November 5, 2001, 16:06]
VMware: Not just hypervisor revenue
News In the old days, VMware made its money selling core virtualisation software called a hypervisor that lets a computer run several operating systems simultaneously. Over 80 percent of our revenue comes from outside of our hypervisor today," VMware...
[September 12, 2007, 9:00]
VMware, HP announce virtual desktop architecture
Video At VMworld in San Francisco, VMware chief executive Paul Maritz talks to HP's director of software virtualisation, Steve DuPree, about how the company's VMware View product fits into HP's virtualisation plans.
[September 7, 2009, 14:46]
VMware exec demos fluid network switching
Video At the Interop Conference in Las Vegas, VMware chief technology officer Stephen Herrod explains what the additional features in the company's network-switching distribution will bring to virtualisation.
[May 26, 2009, 13:27]
VMware moves into mobile virtualisation
News VMware has announced a major push into the mobile market with a new virtualisation platform tailored for handheld devices. VMware Mobile Virtualization Platform (MVP) was announced on Monday, and builds on technology VMware bought from Trango...
[November 10, 2008, 13:16]
VMware enhances server software
News VMware, a maker of software that gives Intel servers some characteristics of higher-end machines, has dramatically expanded the power of its product through an upgrade that lets the program handle much more memory.
[May 16, 2002, 10:28]
VMWare locks down Windows
News VMware, a maker of software that enables computers to run multiple operating systems simultaneously, is working on a new product to make it secure for corporations to open their networks to contractors or telecommuters.
[September 20, 2004, 8:05]
VMWare shares out memory
News VMware, whose software lets a single workstation run multiple operating systems, has begun testing a version of software that uses memory more efficiently. The number of independent operating systems VMware Workstation currently can run is limited...
[December 22, 2004, 15:05]
VMware cleans its Windows
News VMware, a maker of software that lets Intel-based computers run several operating systems simultaneously, has released a new version of its desktop product, designed to reassure users that the program runs Windows well.
[September 19, 2002, 14:58]
VMware takes on the high end
News VMware, whose software lets Intel computers run several operating systems simultaneously, announced a major upgrade on Monday that will enable its products to run a new class of more powerful programs.
[February 18, 2003, 10:05]
VMware, IDC play virtualisation hardball
News Virtualisation company VMware has publicly disputed the way in which key research into the virtualisation market was undertaken by analysts IDC, and disputed figures that appear to show a rapid growth by a competitive product from Microsoft.
[October 24, 2008, 17:15]
VMware IPO puts virtualisation in the spotlight
News VMware's stellar stock offering on Tuesday shows that virtual machines are starting to add up to real dollars. Virtual machines, the technology that VMware helped pioneer, allow one computer to act as many, whether it's a Mac running Windows and...
[August 15, 2007, 10:26]
VMware releases Fusion for Macs
News VMware finally launched VMware Fusion, a Mac version of its virtualisation product, on Thursday, but for now the company is aiming to attract consumers before it considers a product aimed at corporate users of Apple's machines.
[August 2, 2007, 13:00]
VMware launches Fusion
News Virtualisation vendor VMware has announced the general availability of VMware Fusion, a software product that allows Apple users to run Windows-based applications on the Apple Mac platform. Paul Harrapin, managing director for VMware Australia...
[June 14, 2007, 14:57]
VMware aims to virtualise Windows 7 rollouts
News VMware has unveiled version 4 of its View desktop virtualisation software, which has expanded features designed to streamline and speed up deployments. VMware said it believes the recent launch of Microsoft Windows 7 will help drive uptake of...
[November 9, 2009, 15:36]
VMware to launch own Linux distro?
Blog Comment Vmware already does a Linux distro: it's called ESX. So the recruitment might be for that - but if it's a full distro it makes sense *for VMware* and virtually no sense for customers. Buy support from a company that just sliced features and...
[October 25, 2009, 23:52]
