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 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 ...

More than 80 percent of VMware income comes from higher-level tools, a move that gives the EMC subsidiary more breathing room against rivals. Getting real about virtualization Stephen Shankland worked ...

IT leaders at small businesses should evaluate virtualization options such as VMware ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V and Nutanix AHV ...

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 ...

Hypervisor maker VMware has warned that attackers are using previously disclosed vulnerabilities in its ESXi hypervisor and components to deploy ransomware. The company believes the vulnerabilities ...

We are strong believers in disaggregation and composability here at The Next Platform, and we think that eventually the tyranny of the physical confines and configurations of motherboard will be over.

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. VMware is positioning itself to provide a layer of ...

Microsoft is "trying to restrict customers' flexibility and freedom to choose virtualization software by limiting who can run their software and how they can run it." Those are the charges levied by ...