VMware has issued a blog post riposte to Microsoft's recent announcement supporting VMware in the Azure environment. It uses Microsoft's deployment of VMware as an argument that they are indeed the…
Riposte to Microsoft’s VMware in Azure
VMware acquires VeloCloud, consolidates SD-WAN market
VMware have announced in a blog post (Leading our Industry into a Software-Defined Future with Strategic M&A) that they are acquiring VeloCloud. They have also issued the obligatory press-release to…
Elliott Management Acquires Gigamon for $1.6 Billion
Investment agitator and vulture Elliott Management have acquired network monitoring firm Gigamon for $1.6bn. Gigamon have recently posted third quarter results (Gigamon Third Quarter 2017 Financial Highlights). These show revenue…
VMware NSX gains EAL2+ Certification
VMware have announced that their NSX 6.3 software defined network platform has gained the EAL2+ certification against the Common Criteria (ISO/IEC-15408). This Evaluation Assurance Level ensures that the system has…
ICSA Labs Certifies VMware NSX Micro-segmentation Capabilities
VMware have reported that ICSA Labs have certified their NSX for vSphere 6.3 platforms micro-segmentation capabilities, among others. Testing three features, the NSX Distributed Firewall, the NSX Edge Services Gateway…
VMware closing the virtual switch infrastructure to third parties
VMware is closing down the APIs that third parties use to access the virtual network within the VMware ecosystem. This means that if you are using one of the third…