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When the chief executives of Microsoft Corp., Dell Technologies Inc. and VMware Inc. found themselves onstage together Monday in Las Vegas, it was not the first time their paths had crossed, despite many years of trading sharp elbows in the competitive tech …
Latest product releases from Dell have a distinctly VMware flavor
Dell Technologies Inc. unveiled a host of new product announcements today at the Dell Technologies World event in Las Vegas, leaving it for analysts to dissect the technologies supporting them. VMware’s impact on the hyperconverged space appeared to be an important influence, …
Not a conglomerate: Michael Dell savors the integrated pieces of his growing company
Some companies start private and go public. Many never go public at all. And then there is Michael Dell’s company, Dell Technologies Inc., which started private, went public, went back to private, and is now public again. What has emerged from the …
Pivotal performs ‘flaming’ juggling act to stay on top of Kubernetes releases
Companies operating in the Kubernetes space could be forgiven if they mistakenly thought they had signed up for the circus instead. The pace of major Kubernetes releases, currently clicking along at about once every three months, is translating into a fairly intense …
Dell’s PC business still plays an important role in its alignment with VMware
In the beginning, there were only personal computers. Jeff Clarke (pictured) first became a part of the Dell Inc. empire in 1987 as a quality engineer before it was even called Dell. The company, started by Michael Dell, was known as PC’s Ltd. until …
A ‘Berlin Wall’ moment: Microsoft and VMware remove barriers for conditional access
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the reopening of free crossing between East and West Berlin, triggering the removal of the infamous Berlin Wall and igniting a thaw in the Cold War across Eastern Europe. Another wall of sorts came down today …
Dell Tech World keynote analysis: Michael Dell sets the story with VMware and hybrid cloud
The opening day of Dell Technologies Inc.’s annual user conference in Las Vegas kicked off with the announcement of a partnership between VMware Inc. and Microsoft Corp. The deal provides Azure cloud customers with the ability to use VMware’s virtualization software in …
ScienceLogic leverages power of AIOps to change how IT is managed
The challenges facing information technology organizations today can be boiled down to three words: stale, scale, speed. Traditional approaches to managing the IT infrastructure have gone stale, rendered ineffective by significant complexity in dynamic, cloud-native environments. The scale has changed significantly as …
Cisco leverages Wi-Fi 6 to deliver intent-based networking and easier access
Users hungry for bandwidth, an explosion of internet of things devices that must connect securely, and a quest for the ultimate immersive experience are all driving wireless connectivity to the limit. A new wireless standard — Wi-Fi 6 — is being deployed to help …
Presidio sees range of IT expertise among clients as developers’ contribution evolves
The software developer community is evolving rapidly in keeping with the frenetic pace of change within the enterprise information technology industry itself. For some attendees at this week’s DevNet Create gathering, what a difference a year makes. “Last year people were talking …