VMware Explore is happening this week in Las Vegas, NV, and this morning during the event, Broadcom (which now owns VMware) made several announcements regarding VMware offerings, from the latest version of VMware Cloud Foundation to updates to its software-defined edge portfolio. Here is a breakdown of what has been announced: VMware Cloud Foundation 9 … continue reading
Broadcom has updated its VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) private-cloud platform with what it said are faster infrastructure modernization, better cyber resiliency and security, and a better developer productivity experience. In the announcement, Broadcom wrote: “VCF includes native Kubernetes to support both VM and containerized workloads on a single platform, enables advanced AI/ML workloads at enterprise … continue reading
Broadcom announced that it has acquired VMware to work on solutions that help customers optimize their private, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments, and to run applications and services from anywhere. Broadcom is shifting its focus towards assisting enterprise customers in developing and modernizing their private and hybrid cloud environments. The company plans to invest in VMware … continue reading
IBM and VMware have expanded their partnership in an effort to help more customers utilize watsonx, which is IBM’s AI solution that is designed to enable companies to implement AI into their applications and services. The companies’ mission is to let companies deploy AI on-prem in the same location as their mission-critical operations. According to … continue reading
VMware’s annual conference, VMware Explore, kicked off today in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event brings together thousands of VMware users and experts, and a number of partners time their announcements to come out at the event. Here are some of the highlights from the event so far: IBM launches new partner-managed service in its cloud … continue reading
Back in 2020, 28% of respondents to VMware’s State of Kubernetes report were building Kubernetes on their own. Now, the 2023 version of the same survey is showing that only 16% of developers are building their own Kubernetes setups. According to VMware, this decrease is an indication that companies are realizing they don’t have infrastructure … continue reading
IBM and VMware have announced a new partnership that will help their joint customers modernize mission-critical workloads and improve their hybrid cloud environments. They believe that this partnership will be especially beneficial to customers in highly regulated industries like financial services, healthcare, and public sector. Companies in those industries wish to modernize their infrastructure but … continue reading
VMware has announced a public preview of its cloud storage and data management service Cloud Flex Storage. Cloud Flex Storage is a fully managed service, and offers a scalable and flexible storage solution. For example, in just a few clicks a customer could scale their storage environment and adjust their storage capacity up or down. … continue reading
VMware unveiled new container runtime security capabilities to provide end-to-end security for cloud-native applications. The new capabilities aim to target the security challenges of containerized applications including how to allow only legitimate traffic in and how to enable least-privileged communications between services and defend against the lateral movement of attackers, according to the company. “Protecting … continue reading
VMware has announced a new tool to make it easier for customers to upgrade to NSX-T Data Center 3.2.x. The NSX Upgrade Evaluation Tool checks the health and readiness of NSX managers before an upgrade. It works by making a copy of the databases from an existing NSX Manager and then validates the data against … continue reading
ServiceNow has created a Center of Excellence for Accessibility. This center will collaborate with the company’s partners, customers, and internal employee groups to gather feedback on ServiceNow products. The company hopes this will enable it to prioritize accessibility compliance early in the design process. The company also appointed a new global head of accessibility, Eamon … continue reading
Security company SentinelOne has announced new integrations with Remediant, Blue Hexagon, Keysight, and Automox. These integrations are available through the company’s Singularity Marketplace. The Remediant integration can be used to enforce Zero Trust solutions from a single agent, Blue Hexagon enables detection of malware, Keysight enables simulations of threats, and the Automox integration provides vulnerability … continue reading