Shared storage hardware is commonplace in larger organizations, but smaller ones typically can't justify the expense. But shared storage is required for many core virtualization features, including ...

VMware, which makes software designed to make server computers more efficient, says its code is compatible with data storage gear from several companies. On Monday, the Palo Alto, Calif.-based company ...

Channel sources close to VMware say the company is planning to embed a version of EMC's Avamar backup software into its vSphere virtualization and cloud platform, a move that would breach the ...

VMware has admitted overly conservative guidance based on synthetic testing caused the company to over-spec its storage servers for years. New telemetry data shows real-world vSAN ESA clusters ...

Data storage firm NetApp Inc. said today it’s expanding its long-standing partnership with the virtualization software giant VMware Inc. The companies announced a trio of new customer-driven ...

VMware vSphere 4 Enterprise Edition's thin-provisioning capability allows virtual machines to share disk-space allocation with other virtual machines. Configuring virtual machine instances with thin ...

Pure Storage seems to be everywhere in its market, and it is continuously pushing boundaries—in a good way. At this week’s VMware Explore event (still known as VMWorld to me) in Las Vegas, the company ...

Although the server virtualisation market is still dominated by one player – VMware Inc. -- competitors of VMware are attempting to capitalize on growing friction between the market leader and the ...

When VMware launched its latest virtualization platform, vSphere, it introduced the phrase “cloud operating system” to the IT industry. With the prior version, VMware Infrastructure 3.5, it was easy ...