VMware will spend $2.7 billion on cloud-application developer Pivotal and $2.1 billion for security vendor Carbon Black - details at next week's VMworld user conference| Network World
Virtualization mainstay VMware wants to build and manage multi-cloud infrastructures…and more.| Network World
Microsegmentation is a way to create secure zones in data centers and cloud deployments that allow you to isolate workloads and protect them individually.| Network World
A hypervisor is a process that separates a computer’s operating system and applications from the underlying physical hardware. Usually done as software, the hypervisor drives the concept of virtualization, allowing the physical host machine to operate multiple virtual machines as guests to help maximize computing resources.| Network World
No advance in information technology in the past six decades has offered a greater range of quantifiable benefits than has virtualization| Network World
The future of data centers will rely on cloud, hyperconverged infrastructure and more powerful devices.| Network World
How to architect a hybrid cloud that combines on-premises and public cloud infrastructures. Definitions of hybrid cloud vary, but here’s what it means to Amazon, Microsoft and Google.| Network World