VMWare Fusion 11 adds support for Core i9 MacBook Pro and 18-core iMac Pro

VMWare A new version of virtualization software VMWare Fusion hit Macs this week. VMWare Fusion 11 adds a new application menu and support for the 18-core CPU configuration in the latest iMac Pro and the Core i9 for the 15-inch MacBook Pro. The release appears to have been closely timed with the launch of macOS Mojave, […]

CONFIRMED: Michel Dell really is thinking about going public again, maybe through a ‘merger’ with VMware’ (VMW)

Oracle PR/Flickr VMware has confirmed the rumors from earlier this week that Michael Dell is thinking of taking his massive company, Dell Technologies. VMware also confirmed that he’s is thinking of skipping the IPO process and going public in a reverse merger with VMware.  Or he may do an IPO. Or he may do nothing. […]

EMC, VMware security bugs throw gasoline on cloud security fire

Enlarge (credit: Vladimir Godnik/Getty Images) While everyone was screaming about Meltdown and Spectre, another urgent security fix was already in progress for many corporate data centers and cloud providers who use products from Dell’s EMC and VMware units. A trio of critical newly-reported vulnerabilities in EMC and VMware backup and recovery tools—EMC Avamar, EMC NetWorker, […]

VMware expands its AWS-based cloud service to West Virginia region

VMware announced that its joint offering with Amazon Web Services is expanding to a second cloud infrastructure region, providing customers with additional geographic availability and access to new services. Businesses can deploy applications through the VMware Cloud on AWS service in the cloud provider’s West Virginia data center, in addition to existing support for its […]

Google and VMware are teaming up with a $2.8 billion startup to get an edge in the cloud wars with Amazon (VMW, GOOG, GOOGL, AMZN, MSFT)

Google Google may be losing to Amazon in the cloud wars, but the search giant has a not-so-secret weapon — and some brand-new partners — that could help it fight back. The weapon is something called Kubernetes, a software project that started out as a way for Google to manage its massive server infrastructure and has since become […]