Tag Archive for vSphere

VxRail, VxBlock get significant enhancements in Dell EMC VMware-related announcements

A new VxRail integration with Dell EMC Smart Fabric Services provides VxRail with automated networking configuration, while VxBlock gets major awareness, automation and analytics upgrades to its software.

Dell Technologies VxRail HCI appliances receive SAP HANA certification for production environments

Certification on SAP HANA is exceedingly important for HCI vendors, because it validates that HCI will run in a demanding Tier One environment, and opens up a market where enormous pent-up demand exists, that has just been waiting for this validation.

Retuned Violin rolls out first of new products aimed at their target extreme performance market

Violin System introduces its first new product since it resurrected from bankruptcy, a NVMe fabric, ultra-low latency offering aimed at the extreme performance market, which is now the focus of Violin’s efforts.

VMware rolls security into core with vSphere Platinum

VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger at VMworld 2018

VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger declares security broken, and says the company’s new approach is to reduce the threat surface by intelligently locking down the behaviour of the virtual and cloud infrastructure it manages.LAS VEGAS — Pat Gelsinger does not have a lot nice to say about the state of security. In his VMworld 2018 keynote…

Dell IoT Solution for Surveillance, IoT channel bundles announced at VMworld

The IoT bundles are designed to give resellers an easy turnkey option, and encourage more of them to get into IoT. Nine bundles, each focused on a specific vendor, are scheduled for launch, with more coming down the road.

JetStream Software launches with cloud data management solution for VMware MSPs and CSPs

The JetStream technology, which leverages the VMware IO Filter API, has its roots in a company called FlashSoft, which was acquired by SanDisk, was part of the WD acquisition of SanDisk, and has now been spun out into a focused software company.

Barracuda Liveboot 2.0 adds Hyper-V support, speeds up boot times, enhances UI

The faster reboot time applies in both VMware and Microsoft environments, and allows new machines to be spun up in a couple of minutes.

Cohesity announces virtual version of its unified secondary storage platform

The Cohesity DataPlatform Virtual Edition is intended for remote and branch office use cases, as is a new hardware alternative, the C2100, also being announced.

Artisan Infrastructure improves VMware vCenter Server support in its IT Continuity Engine

VMware’s decision to stop OEMing the Artisan’s Neverfail technology for VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat has led Artisan to provide such capabilities in its core product, including application protection for vCloud Server Virtual Machines.