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 said the company has considered open sourcing its hypervisor and supporting virtualization tools made by competitors, but didn’t give any indication about if or when those ...

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 ...

More than 80 percent of VMware income comes from higher-level tools, a move that gives the EMC subsidiary more breathing room against rivals. Getting real about virtualization Stephen Shankland worked ...

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 ...

The new documents reveal that Tesco has decided to quit VMware and Broadcom's mainframe products, is rushing to migrate to ...

HPE wants to convince VMware customers with free licenses and migration software. The KVM-based platform is also being ...

ESXi version 7 users are still waiting for a full fix for a high-severity heap-overflow security vulnerability, but Cloud Foundation, Fusion and Workstation users can go ahead and patch. A security ...