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One of the key announcements during VMworld 2020 was Project Monterey, a collaboration between VMware Inc. and three other companies to redefine hybrid architecture for a new generation of applications. Working with Nvidia Corp., Pensando Inc. and Intel Corp., VMware is leveraging …
Pure Storage embraces NVMe and vVols enhancements for VMware Cloud Foundation
VMware Inc. positions its platform for managing virtual machines and container orchestration — VMware Cloud Foundation — as “the simplest path to the hybrid cloud.” This has not gone unnoticed by one of its major partners and that firm’s own customer base. “VMware Cloud …
Tanzu, developers and security are key elements in the long game for VMware
VMware Inc. signaled its intention to become a major player in the Kubernetes container space with the introduction of Tanzu at VMworld one year ago. It hasn’t taken its foot off the gas since. The company’s expanding Tanzu portfolio now includes Tanzu …
Ecosystem partners and new solutions for AI workloads highlight opening day of VMworld 2020
VMworld 2020 kicked off with a series of announcements involving a wide range of enterprise interests, from security, multicloud, hybrid cloud and modernizing applications to artificial intelligence, machine learning and networking. The day’s news also brought into focus the many partnerships that VMware …
The key Docker players in Mirantis’ longview strategy for Kubernetes
As a container orchestration tool, Kubernetes is flexible, scalable, powerful and reliable. But one thing it is not is simple to use. In the business world, this represents what is known as a market opportunity, and Mirantis Inc. is focused on leveraging …
CEO Pat Gelsinger digs into VMware’s Nvidia partnership, security and the hybrid cloud
Some of the tech world’s biggest advances often begin with a simple conversation. In this case, the two people involved were Pat Gelsinger (pictured), chief executive officer of VMware Inc., and Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia Corp. Gelsinger was interested in capitalizing …
Security and cloud native offer opportunities for VMware as it faces new challenges
Despite the economic disruption of 2020, the year has shaped up to be a pretty good one for VMware Inc. It is 2021 that poses some uncertainty for the enterprise information technology services giant. VMware’s most recent quarterly earnings beat Wall Street …
Watch live: Quantum computing, cryptography and healthcare headline Upgrade 2020 event
The technology world has a lengthy track record of game-changing innovations generated by research labs, ranging from transistors and hard drives to the graphical user interface, which made it possible for humans to interact with computers without having to write code. The …
Industry and government leaders address global threats at Space & Cybersecurity Symposium 2020
It is easy to take for granted, but life would be vastly different without global reliance on space-based technology. Everything from GPS to weather tracking and a significant amount of web-based communications depends heavily on a complicated network of satellites orbiting Earth. …
New machine learning, automation capabilities added to PagerDuty’s digital operations management platform
During a time when it seems as though the entire planet has “gone digital,” the role of PagerDuty Inc. has come into sharper focus as a key player in keeping the critical work of IT organizations up and running. Mindful of enterprise …