Articles about VMWare

Broadcom laying off workers in Washington state following acquisition of VMware

Broadcom, the San Jose, Calif.-based semiconductor and software tech multinational, is laying off 158 workers in Bellevue, Wash., according to… Read More

Microsoft and VMware vet Paul Maritz backs social app that vows not to monetize user data

Veteran computer scientist and business leader Paul Maritz is perhaps best known for his work in PC and server operating… Read More

Tech Moves: VMware exec joins Darktrace; Zillow hires Twitter marketing leader; Oregon Venture Fund adds partner

— Seattle-area tech executive Denise Walter was appointed chief revenue officer at cybersecurity firm Darktrace. Walter will join the company… Read More

Tech Moves: Unbounce names new CEO; Azure VP joins VMware; and more

— Vancouver, B.C.-based landing page builder Unbounce announced Felicia Bochicchio as its new CEO. She was most recently the company’s… Read More

New platform from nonprofit Carina offers quick searches for in-home childcare openings

As COVID-19 stay-at-home orders began triggering business closures in early spring, there was much attention paid to shuttered restaurants and… Read More

Seattle startup led by former VMware execs raises $4.7M for ‘machine-learning-in-a-box’ service

A Seattle startup led by former VMware execs that sells machine learning as a service has raised $4.7 million in… Read More

Microsoft and VMware unveil new cloud service that lets VMware customers run their apps on Azure

Years after VMware cut a ground-breaking cloud deal with Amazon Web Services that helped make the hybrid cloud a reality,… Read More

GeekWire Awards 2019: Top acquisitions and IPOs highlight Deal of the Year category

Like a Reese’s Cup, this GeekWire Awards category offers an appetizing combination — not chocolate and peanut butter, but the… Read More

Microsoft reportedly exploring new partnership with VMware as Windows Server 2008 deadline looms

One of the biggest obstacles to the growth of cloud computing is inertia, as companies that spent tens of millions… Read More

As enterprise computing prepares for a multicloud world, cloud-native startups like Heptio will be attractive targets

“Cloud native” has always had the ring of yet another enterprise computing buzzword, one designed to sound impressive to people… Read More

VMware acquires Seattle’s Heptio to double down on Kubernetes

VMware’s ongoing transition into the cloud era took a big step Tuesday with the acquisition of Heptio, a startup that… Read More

VMware doubles down on Bellevue as its partnerships with cloud providers deepen

VMware plans to expand its presence in Bellevue with enough space to double its headcount in the region its two… Read More

Amazon Web Services extends hybrid cloud push, reveals new database management service for VMware users

Amazon Web Services and VMware expanded their hybrid-cloud partnership Monday, announcing that AWS will ship a new version of its… Read More

As customers gather for VMworld, VMware unveils new security and hybrid cloud management tools

Companies that rely on VMware’s software to manage their own data centers as they dip their toes in the public… Read More

Puppet raises $42M to fuel its software development technology for the cloud, hopes to be cash-flow positive in a year

At one point three years ago, Portland’s Puppet thought it was headed toward an IPO. That did not happen, but… Read More

VMware jumps on the Kubernetes bandwagon with a new managed service for a multicloud world

An awful lot of enterprise tech companies of a certain age have floundered trying to reinvent themselves for the cloud… Read More

AI experts from Apple, Microsoft, VMware and more to give GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit tech talks

This is a pivotal time for artificial intelligence technology. More and more cloud services will make use of AI and… Read More

VMware adds try-before-you-buy option for VMware Cloud on AWS, and new European region

It’s been almost a year since VMware rolled out the fruits of its partnership with Amazon Web Services on hybrid… Read More

VMware bets that new versions of vSphere and vSAN will make the hybrid cloud easier to manage

There was a time when it looked like the public cloud might consign VMware to the long list of bygone… Read More

VMware and AWS roll out new services for the hybrid cloud and bring their joint product to Europe

VMware unveiled the latest step in its evolving partnership with Amazon Web Services Wednesday, bringing the VMware Cloud for AWS… Read More

VMware beats Wall Street expectations as reverse merger with Dell Technologies looms

In what might be one of its last quarters as an independent public company, VMware gave investors something to smile… Read More

VMware acquires Seattle’s CloudCoreo for its cloud security expertise

VMware continued to build out its cloud story Wednesday, acquiring cloud configuration-management startup CloudCoreo to help customers get a better… Read More

VMware, Amazon Web Services expand hybrid cloud partnership with new app migration services

LAS VEGAS — Amazon Web Services and VMware surprised a few folks last year when they agreed to a sweeping… Read More

Now with VMware and Pivotal, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation is becoming the hub of enterprise tech

The Cloud Native Computing Foundation, the industry group that directs the development of the Kubernetes container-orchestration product, gained two new… Read More

VMware’s hybrid cloud product for Amazon Web Services now generally available

VMware customers who would like to get in on some of the benefits of cloud computing without having to rip… Read More

Report: Amazon Web Services working with VMware on hybrid cloud product for data centers

In what would be a strategy shift for Amazon Web Services, the public cloud market leader is apparently thinking about… Read More

Puppet provides closer links to VMware, Docker to ease rapid software production and deployment

Portland-based software-automation firm Puppet today announced tighter integrations with virtualization firm VMware and container powerhouse Docker. The announcements came in conjunction… Read More

Virtualization meets the cloud: VMware strikes wide-ranging alliance with Amazon Web Services

Virtualization giant VMware is partnering with market-leading public cloud provider Amazon Web Services to offer a version of VMware’s virtualization… Read More

Amazon Web Services will partner with VMware, Fortune reports

Fortune is reporting that rivals Amazon Web Services and virtualization firm VMware next week will make up and pledge to… Read More

VMware cozies up to IBM as new Cloud Foundation integrates in-house and cloud computing

Virtualization company VMware this morning announced Cloud Foundation, an integration that the company says will combine some of its existing compute, storage… Read More