VMware made a long-anticipated move July 22 when it announced that its ESXi hypervisor would be free. That doesn’t mean VMware customers can avoid pricey fees for support and management tools, though.

VMware's recent licensing model changes have been a hot topic. In a significant shift following Broadcom's acquisition of VMware, perpetual licensing has been discontinued in favor of ...

There is still no sign of the delay-ridden client hypervisor that VMware announced nearly two years ago as one of its 'vClient' initiative's key technologies VMware is accustomed to dominating the ...

VMware is accustomed to dominating the world of server virtualization, but its attempts to become the de facto virtualization vendor on the desktop haven't gone quite as well. Nearly two years after ...

Nimbula is hoping to better serve enterprises with version 2.0 of its operating system, which adds compatibility with VMware’s hypervisor and other new features. Nimbula Director 2.0, like its ...

VMware promised a bare-metal hypervisor in 2009. Now VMware says it doesn’t need one. VMware is claiming it doesn’t need to deliver on its promise of a bare-metal desktop hypervisor, but says that if ...

The widespread use of VMware's ESXi hypervisor and the fact that it does not support any third-party malware detection capabilities has made the technology an increasingly attractive target for ...

EMC subsidiary demonstrates crash-proofing tech that lets a machine take over where another left off, plus other pies in virtual sky. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

ESXi version 7 users are still waiting for a full fix for a high-severity heap-overflow security vulnerability, but Cloud Foundation, Fusion and Workstation users can go ahead and patch. A security ...

VMware Tuesday said it will offer the small-footprint version of its ESX virtualization software free, responding to pressure from Microsoft and other companies that are threatening VMware’s lead in ...