As the fifth VMworld virtualization user conference gets under way in San Francisco, the question becomes, What will be the big announcements out of VMware during the two keynote sessions and ...

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VMware made a long-anticipated move July 22 when it announced that its ESXi hypervisor would be free. That doesn’t mean VMware customers can avoid pricey fees for support and management tools, though.

VMware CEO Paul Maritz goes on the offensive against Microsoft Hyper-V by announcing its embedded hypervisor product, ESXi, will be free. After announcing the company’s 2008 second quarter financials ...

The widespread use of VMware's ESXi hypervisor and the fact that it does not support any third-party malware detection capabilities has made the technology an increasingly attractive target for ...

VMware Tuesday said it will offer the small-footprint version of its ESX virtualization software free, responding to pressure from Microsoft and other companies that are threatening VMware’s lead in ...

Broadcom today pushed out patches for three VMware hypervisor-hijacking bugs, including one rated critical, that have already been found and exploited by criminals.… The vulnerabilities, tracked as ...

In a tersely worded blog post, Iain Mulholland, director of VMware's Security Response Center, said the posted ESX code and associated commentary was created between 2003 and 2004. Mulholland did not ...