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                    The user  environment management (UEM) company's technology shores up a weakness in  VMware user profile management capabilities.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Cisco Systems Inc.'s complicated relationship with the upstart software-defined networking (SDN) movement took another twist with new support for open standards overlay technology. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Scott, who served as Microsoft's CIO before coming to  VMware, starts his new job today.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Microsoft hypervisor gets a major  makeover. See what's on the way.
                    
			            - By Paul  Schnackenburg
- 02/06/2015
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    New paint on an old fence, or a true computing  breakthrough?
                    
			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
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                    It also prevailed in a patent infringement case brought by Symantec.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- 02/06/2015
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    A new switch and software-defined networking (SDN) capabilities highlight enhancements to the Brocade VCS fabric portfolio announced today by Brocade. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The all-in-one appliance was aimed at SMBs needing a simple  virtual desktop infrastructure solution.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Many VMware partners won't be happy; will customers?
                    
			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
- 02/04/2015
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    In the fourth quarter of 2014, Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS) garnered 30 percent of the worldwide cloud infrastructure services provider market on the strength of 25 percent revenue growth from the third quarter, according to new data from Synergy Research Group.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    VMware has added a lot of value to the open source, private  cloud platform.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    How does the new, all-flash version compare with VSAN 5.5?
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The company now integrates  all layers of the virtualization stack.
                    
			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
- 02/03/2015
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    It's the first major upgrade in three years, since vSphere 5.5.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Analyst Tom Fenton says the flagship VMware product has a host of upgrades that  should please admins.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Tools for the  specific challenges of SDDCs.
                    
			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
- 01/30/2015
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Pluribus Networks is gaining prominence in the emerging software-defined networking (SDN) space, winning another in a string of accolades shortly after announcing massive new funding
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    About 900 employees and contractors will be losing their jobs.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Four services will be initially offered; more to come.