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Cloud Rivals Aim to Steal Thunder From AWS: re:Invent Keynotes

LAS VEGAS—What better time for competitors to introduce their new cloud services than the day before the big fish makes a splash? With the...

Cisco’s ACI Initiative Draws Praise, Criticism

Cisco Systems is generating a lot of reaction to its Application-Centric Infrastructure initiative, with partners and some analysts saying the strategy makes sense while...

OpenStack’s ‘Havana’ Edition Attests to Success of Open Cloud Project

Havana, the latest version of OpenStack, was released in mid-October, just a few weeks before the OpenStack Summit scheduled for Nov. 5 to 8...

Small Business Adoption of Virtualization on the Rise

Small to medium-size businesses (SMBs) are increasingly aware of the benefits that virtualization technology can provide, and a majority are already using some form...

Bromium Raises $40M to Fuel R&D in Virtualized Security

In a vote of confidence, investors are pumping $40 million in new funding into security startup Bromium. The company, which former Citrix XenSource executives...

EMC Misses Street Expectations, Revenue Stream Slowing

Diversified IT products and services giant EMC reported quarterly financial results Oct. 22 that showed modest 5 percent year-over-year revenue growth, but the report...

VMware Shares Jump After Earnings Report Beats Street

VMware has turned around some previously worrisome financial numbers in a big way.Following its quarterly earnings report Oct. 21, the world's largest virtualization software...

VMware’s Desktone Acquisition Rounds Out Cloud Services Strategy

Desktone, the company offering service providers a desktop virtualization cloud service, has joined the VMware cloud. VMware announced on Oct. 15 at the European...

VMware Doubles Down on OpenStack Havana Cloud

Some members of the technology community see VMware as a key competitor and rival to the open-source OpenStack cloud platform. The truth of the...

Why VMware Is Glad to See iOS 7–for Enterprise Reasons

Apple released version 7 of its iOS mobile operating system on Sept. 18, and while the first conversations in this case are naturally about...