Topic: vmware
VMware announces the end of its enterprise collaboration platform Socialcast
It seems the enterprise collaboration software competition is just heating up, but one platform is already dropping out of the race. VMware recently announced the end of availability of Socialcast, effective May 17, 2018. Socialcast was first acquired by VMware in May 2011. At the time, the companies described the solution as a “collaboration platform … continue reading
Pivotal Container Service now available
Pivotal and VMware have announced the general availability of its Kubernetes-based container service Pivotal Container Service (PKS). The two companies along with Google Cloud announced it would be collaborating on PKS at a VMware conference in August. The initial version was released late last year. “As you evaluate your enterprise software portfolio, you’re going to … continue reading
SD Times news digest: Android 8.1 final developer preview, Fugue’s new capabilities, and VMware and AWS expanded partnership
The final developer preview of Android 8.1 is now available. This is the last update Google plans to roll out before the operating system’s official launch. The latest update will have optimizations for Android Go and a new Neural Networks API, as well as several other enhancements. Android 8.1 will be available on all supported … continue reading
SD Times news digest: Red Hat Ceph Storage 3, Android Architecture Components 1.0 stable, and Resonance Audio SDK
Red Hat Ceph Storage 3 was announced at the OpenStack Summit in Sydney yesterday. This new release is a major upgrade to the existing object storage platform, according to the company. It includes support for block storage via iSCSI and file storage via CephFS. Other highlights are that it will enable more of a variety … continue reading
VMware details updates during VMWorld 2017
VMWare, a cloud infrastructure company, had a lot to announce at their annual VMWorld conference in Las Vegas earlier this week. You can check out our coverage of their collaboration with Pivotal and Google Cloud on the new Pivotal Container Service, and with Cohesity on increased recoverability. Here’s a run-down of the announcements made about the … continue reading
Cohesity, VMware introduce hyperconverged data protection solution for VMware Cloud Foundation
Recoverability is one of the major challenges enterprises face with their cloud infrastructures today. Cohesity and VMware are addressing this problem with a new joint solution, which delivers simple data protection, data center recovery in less than 15 minutes, and a multi-cloud data fabric to compliment the VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF). The joint solution extends VMware Cloud Foundation with … continue reading
Pivotal Container Service and VMware Workspace ONE unveiled on day two of VMworld US
It’s day two of VMworld US, and VMware started it off with an announcement of a collaboration with Pivotal and Google Cloud on the new Pivotal Container Service (PKS). Along with the collaboration, VMware will also see updates to its Digital Workspace platform. PKS is a new product from Pivotal which enables enterprises and service … continue reading
IBM Blockchain Platform, VMware Fusion 10 Pro, and Databricks secures $140M in funding — SD Times news digest: August 22, 2017
Leading companies in the food supply chain are coming together for a major blockchain collaboration with IBM so they can strengthen consumers’ confidence in the global food system. The consortium includes Dole, Driscoll’s, Golden State Foods, Kroger, McCormick and Company, McLane Company, Nestlé, Tyson Foods, Unilever and Walmart. These companies will work with IBM and blockchain technology to address some of the challenges impacting food safety, like … continue reading
HyperGrid introduces pay as you use model, CA’s new agile capabilities, and VMware platform updates — SD Times news digest: June 6, 2017
HyperGrid announced the next phase of HyperGrid to include HyperCloud, its on-premises pay as you use pricing model. It also announced the addition of new hybrid cloud decision intelligence features, which were added from the company’s recent acquisition of XOcur. “Delivering unified cloud services, quickly, simply and in a pay as you use model on premises … continue reading
OpenAI’s Roboschool, SmartBear ServiceV Pro 2.0, VMware acquires Apteligent — SD Times news digest: May 16, 2017
OpenAI is opening up a new school for robots. The artificial intelligence research company announced the open-source software Roboschool. Roboschool is integrated with OpenAI Gym, and provides an environment for robot simulation. Through OpenAI, Roboschool provides 12 different environments for controlling robots, and it provides a way to train multiple agent at once in one … continue reading
Dell announces new IoT solutions, FileMaker Platform 16, and MIT CSAIL’s C-LEARN system for robots — SD Times news digest: May 11, 2017
Dell Technologies made a number of new IoT announcements at its Dell EMC World conference in Las Vegas this week. The company plans to take the complexity out of IoT deployment, and ease digital transformation with new products and partnerships. New solutions include: a VMware Pulse IoT Center for secure IoT infrastructure management; IoT advisory … continue reading
Rancher Labs releases RancherOS, VMware’s intent to acquire Wavefront, and OpenBSD 6.1 — SD Times news digest: April 12, 2017
Rancher Labs has announced the general availability of RancherOS. RancherOS is the company’s simplified Linux distribution for containers. It is designed to make it easier to run containers at scale in development, test, and production. Key features include a minimalist OS, automatic configuration, simple setup, reduced footprint, and extensive platform support. “RancherOS is a minimalist … continue reading
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