Is VMware OpenStack an embrace of open source — or an attempt to extinguish it?
Hint: It doesn’t really matter. VMware’s move shows that, despite its problems, OpenStack is driving private cloud discussion in enterprise IT shops.
Here’s why the democratization of big data really, really should excite you. Yes … you.
In the not-so-distant past, if you wanted to query huge data sets, you needed authorized access to the big iron of supercomputers. The era of big data and public cloud has changed all that and hat’s a great thing, says Yahoo Fellow Kalev Leetaru.
Hey VMware: You love OpenStack now, right? So why the smack talk?
VMware wants to ease “vSoup”-OpenStack coexistence. But as evidenced by CEO Pat Gelsinger’s comments, it sure seems conflicted about it.
VMware plays nice with OpenStack, unveils a VMware-powered data-center-in-a-box
At VMworld, the virtualization giant will unveil a new service that makes OpenStack more compatible with VMware tools and VMware-loaded data centers as well as a new appliance that will come stocked with (what else?) VMware software.
VMware buys CloudVolumes to deliver apps in real time
Company says combo of CloudVolumes and Horizon will expedite real-time delivery of Windows apps to desktops.
Say so long to vCheese and hello to vCloud Air
VMware plans to rebrand vCloud Hybrid Services as vCloud Air, sources said. The news leaked in advance of VMworld 2014.
Look for VMware and Red Hat to get with the mobile development program
Sure, they’ve been talking mobile for a while, but now that Amazon has followed Microsoft in unveiling its mobile development toolset, the other enterprise IT guys need to make some noise.