Jon Brodkin

Articles by Jon Brodkin

VMware could abandon anti-OS stance with Novell buy

The virtualization giant needs an OS to compete against Microsoft, analyst says. The company could get one if they acquire Novell's Linux business

Vendor demonstrates insider attack on VMware ESX

An engineer with BeyondTrust Software Inc. said IT workers with root access to VMware Inc.

Microsoft issues service credits after cloud outage

Microsoft is forced to issue service credits to customers affected by recent problems accessing hosted Exchange and SharePoint, and promises to improve system for notifying customers about cloud computing outages

VMware disses bare-metal desktop hypervisors

VMware claims it doesn't need to deliver on its promise of a bare-metal desktop hypervisor, but says that if it does choose to release a so-called Type 1 client hypervisor it would be better than Citrix's

EMC targets FISMA compliance in cloud networks

The movement of virtual machines threatens regulatory compliance, but the company is trying to solve that issue. EMC will preview its new technology at this week's VMworld 2010

Citrix targets laptop security with new XenDesktop

Citrix's next version of XenDesktop will automatically encrypt corporate data on employee-owned laptops and include a bare-metal client hypervisor

Microsoft won’t showcase Hyper-V at VMworld

Find out about Microsoft's preparations ahead of next week's VMware conference in San Francisco

Microsoft and Google fight over e-mail, agree on inbox fee

The $5 inbox fee is the standard price for cloud-based e-mail. Find out which other major vendors offer this price

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