After three leisurely years, Citrix releases second long-term-service hypervisor (Fri, 26 Jun 2020)
Version 8.2 supports bigger hosts, improves network security and bins old Windows versions as guests In around 2013 Citrix stopped trying to keep up with VMware and Microsoft in the server virtualisation market. The company therefore slowed development of its XenServer hypervisor, but kept it alive and suggested it as a fine underpinning for its own products –especially for virtual desktops – but not as the foundations of a private cloud.…
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Dell reportedly considers new VMware-related financial contortions (Wed, 24 Jun 2020)
We’re not buying the idea it could buy Virtzilla, but selling a stake could work Dell and VMware are talking to finance folks about some sort of transaction, according to The Wall Street Journal.…
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VMware bungled bundling blurt blaring Bitfusion bringing new GPU-and-AI powers to vSphere (Tue, 23 Jun 2020)
Bitfusion integration will require an add-on licence after all, rather than being tossed into vSphere Enterprise Plus VMware has taken the unusual step of retracting and replacing a press release because it got its own licencing details wrong.…
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Not such a DRaaS-tic action, buying into cloud-based disaster recovery in times like these: VMware to swallow Datrium (Thu, 02 Jul 2020)
Undisclosed amount of money to change hands VMware is buying Datrium, a business that started out in the cut-throat world of HCI and then switched to disaster recovery in the cloud.…
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Memories are made of chips: 'Surge in online activity' helps Micron make off with $5.4bn in Q3 (Tue, 30 Jun 2020)
Yep, that's WD and Xilinx smirking in the background Analysts today noted that memory maker Micron's latest results suggested "healthy" data centre demand, as the American firm's CEO pointed to uptick in capacity requirements as the "pandemic driv[es] rapid change in consumer and corporate practices..."…
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Huawei’s OceanStor Dorado scoops Interop Tokyo 2020 grand prize (Mon, 29 Jun 2020)
Reinvigorating high-end storage with AI Sponsored  At Interop Tokyo 2020, the Huawei next-generation OceanStor Dorado All-Flash Storage was awarded the Best of Show Award Grand Prize. Following rounds of strict reviews by top industry experts and scholars, this is the second time in four years that OceanStor Dorado has won the coveted prize.…
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