Mirantis looks to open up OpenStack vendor certifications
But its new open-source certification compatibility initiative challenges a certification process put forward by Red Hat
VMware's Virtual SAN to address software-defined storage
Storage software turns internally attached server storage into a shared, protected storage pool
VMware releases vSphere Mobile Watchlist for Android and iOS smartphones
Free mobile app enables IT admins to monitor and remediate VMware vSphere environments remotely while on the go
VMTurbo drives the software-defined data center
Company expands Operations Manager across storage with support for NetApp and FlexPod, across compute fabric with support for Cisco's UCS platform
VMware plays up network virtualization momentum in 2014
VMware NSX is in use by several major global brands, along with three of the top five investment banks
FreeBSD 10 introduces brand-new virtualization platform
The Bhyve BSD hypervisor is legacy-free, with a small footprint, but offers a number of features out of the gate
IBM drops $1.2B to significantly expand its global cloud footprint
Following a huge investment in SoftLayer, IBM plans to build 15 new cloud-based data center facilities worldwide
Big data analytics star in VMware vCenter Log Insight 1.5 update
Log aggregation, analytics, and search platform adds support for Active Directory; improves content pack infrastructure
10 big virtualization and cloud stories from 2013
2013 saw big news around acquisitions, community takeovers, new products, new markets, product deaths, and more FUD
Parallels says key to success is cloud virtualization, not Mac desktop virtualization
Containers in the cloud can provide increased density, elasticity, and scalability efficiencies
QEMU revs its open source virtualization platform
Modern virtualization platforms like Xen and KVM have leveraged the work of QEMU projects to get a technological jump start
Startup announces SaaS solution to manage Amazon Web Services resources
2nd Watch's 2W Atlas enables IT professionals to quickly create, deploy, and monitor cloud architectures
New Fling installs VMware Tools on nested ESXi virtual machines
Free tool provides new capabilities and makes administration easier when installing a VMware hypervisor inside a VM
Startup Adallom takes on SaaS security challenges
New cloud-based offering detects anomalies in employee cloud use across the enterprise, raises alerts on risky behavior
CSC expands cloud management capabilities with ServiceMesh acquisition
Purchase of startup gives CSC customers ability to orchestrate applications across private, public, hybrid cloud environments
Mirantis brings enterprise-ready OpenStack distribution to the cloud
Company claims edge over rivals Red Hat, Canonical, and Suse due to its services background and 'zero lock-in' flexibility
VMware warns of multiple ESX, vCenter, and vSphere vulnerabilities
Flaws could lead to authentication bypass, system crashes, or denial-of-service attacks
Pivotal adds mobile platform development with Xtreme Labs acquisition
VMware- and EMC-backed startup moves beyond cloud, big data, and platform as a service by adding mobile to the mix
Ravello helps shift software development and testing to public cloud
Cloud virtualization startup brings application portability at an hourly rate
Cloud storage provider Nirvanix is closing its doors
Two weeks' notice of service shutdown leaves customers scrambling to retrieve and move data to another cloud service
