It was all the buzz this past week: EMC VMware has changed its licensing with vSphere 5 from a model that is based on processor cores and physical memory to a model that charges based upon both a ...

Virtualization software maker VMware is facing a lawsuit alleging that it has been violating the GPLv2 free software license for years with its use of Linux and other source code in ESXi. Linux kernel ...

In 2007, top Linux contributor Christoph Hellwig accused VMware of using Linux as the basis for the VMware ESX bare-metal hypervisor, an essential part of VMware's cloud offerings. Now, Hellweg and ...

Broadcom has been sending cease-and-desist letters to owners of VMware perpetual licenses with expired support contracts, Ars Technica has confirmed. Some customers have opted to continue using VMware ...

Virtualization and cloud computing firm VMware became part of the Broadcom family mere weeks ago, but the company is wasting no time making changes that customers will hate. Starting this week, VMware ...

VMware announced updates to its Edge Compute Stack (ECS), a move that mirrors the message of its new parent company Broadcom in providing new packaging and more integration. VMware unveiled VECO last ...

That makes it almost impossible for end users to buy applications that don’t violate their license agreements and—worse—stifles development of the third-party applications that are critical to both ...

Parallels and VMware both announced new versions of their virtualization products for Macs today, with performance improvements and optimizations for the upcoming releases of MacOS and Windows. VMware ...

Following extensive criticism, there have been further changes to the VMware licensing model: Contrary to Broadcom's initial announcement, companies can now still purchase VMware licenses from 16 ...

VMWare has made Workstation Pro and Fusion Pro free for personal use, allowing home users and students to set up their own virtualized test labs and play with another operating system at little to no ...