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.

IT leaders should select from virtualization options such as VMware ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V and Nutanix AHV based on their ...

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VMware’s newly renamed Workstation Pro 25H2 introduces calendar-based versioning, automation tools, and expanded hardware and ...

VMware has launched its first counter-attack to Microsoft's pricing structure for its virtualization products, announcing that ESXi, its lightweight hypervisor, is going to be given away for free. The ...

VMware CEO Paul Maritz said the company has considered open sourcing its hypervisor and supporting virtualization tools made by competitors, but didn’t give any indication about if or when those ...

An in-depth look at how Broadcom's acquisition of VMware has damaged not just budgets but the trust, talent, and ecosystem ...

How can IT move forward with confidence, without adding unnecessary complexity or cost? One answer lies in simplification.

VMware's striking move Monday to acquire SDN pioneer Nicira caps a string of events this month that piece together the company's go-forward mission of automating the datacenter and creating ...

The architecture of virtualization software is such that it "sits on top of the hardware beneath the operating system", which in turn reduces dependence on the host operating system ( OS). VMware's ...

Although the current generation Mac Pro is not an Apple Silicon machine, it is an extremely powerful computer that can be used for a number of heavy tasks such as rendering and running virtual ...

Samsung plans to make phones running VMware’s mobile hypervisor technology and enterprises may be able to better manage those phones with new software from VMware, the virtualization company is ...