Topic: vmware
SD Times news digest: VMware Tanzu Community Edition now available, TigerGraph announces new graph analytics product release, and Anchore Enterprise 3.2
VMware recently announced the release of Tanzu Community Edition (TCE), a freely available distribution of VMware Tanzu. Tanzu Community Edition is an easy to manage Kubernetes platform that can be installed and configured in minutes across multiple environments. Environments compatible with TCE include local workstations as well as public clouds. The platform automates end-to-end application … continue reading
Report: Over half of developers feel that current security policies stifle innovation
Just over half of developers feel that security policies stifle their innovation and only about a third of developers reported that they are thoroughly educated on the security procedures they are expected to execute, according to a new report by VMware and Forrester. Forrester conducted a VMware-commissioned survey called “Bridging the Developer and Security Divide” … continue reading
BellSoft teams up with VMware to improve OpenJDK
OpenJDK usage has ramped up significantly in the past few years, and even more so in the past year after Oracle’s decision in 2019 to change their licensing model for Java so that only paid subscribers would get updates for Java SE. A Snyk survey from 2020 revealed that only 34% of Java users utilized … continue reading
Google acquires CloudSimple to migrate VMware workloads to the cloud
CloudSimple is joining the Google Cloud team. CloudSimple provides a secure way to run VMware workloads in the cloud. “The CloudSimple platform transforms bare-metal resources in public cloud data centers into ‘as-a-service’ private clouds which can be fast-provisioned in an automated fashion. These private clouds are managed through a single portal, enabling customers to easily … continue reading
VMware announces new hybrid cloud offerings at VMworld
VMware is looking to meet the unique needs of traditional and modern applications with the announcement of its new and expanded cloud offerings announced at VMworld in San Francisco this week. The new offerings are designed to enable customers to migrate and modernize applications across clouds, data centers and edge locations with simplified cloud planning, … continue reading
SD Times news digest: VMware Cloud Foundation comes to Google Cloud, Microsoft acquires BlueTalon, and Kony receives $37 million
Google Cloud announced that it will begin supporting VMware workloads, to offer customers “a wide breadth of choices for how to run their VMware workloads in a hybrid deployment,” according to a blog post. “With VMware on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), customers will be able to leverage all of the familiarity and investment protection of … continue reading
SD Times news digest: Microsoft announces new VMware Solutions, Qtum releases developer tools in Google Cloud partnership, Privitar report: organizations not trusted with data privacy, Puppet upgrades infrastructure automation portfolio
Microsoft announced that it is expanding its partnership with Dell Technologies to provide customers with a native, supported and certified VMware experience on Microsoft Azure. The deal patches up a dispute the companies had over Microsoft running its own software in Azure to enable VMware virtualization. Now users can run, manage and secure applications across … continue reading
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
