It might look like VMware is approaching solution sprawl, but there's some precision and orchestration among its breadth of offerings. Before you head to San Francisco and VMworld 2014, here's a look at the current state of datacenter solutions as VMware sees it. 
                    
			            - By Eric  Beehler
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                    The Nokia influence dragged profits down, however.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Company seeks to combine software-defined networking benefits with less expensive bare-metal switches.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The product lets admins monitor  cloud and on-premises workloads from a single pane of glass.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    New services are being built in China and Japan.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The storage appliances can hold up to 500TB of data.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - 07/14/2014
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Even in the cloud, backup myths proliferate. Here are seven of the most common.  
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    On vSAN, MARVIN, and storage shinola.
                    
			            - By Jon William  Toigo
 - 07/09/2014
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    CA sells data protection software business to a private investment firm that owns Openwave, VantagePoint, other tech. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - 07/09/2014
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    CloudPhysics releases new Storage Analytics with Smart Alerts.
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
 - 07/09/2014
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    VMware's desktop virtualization suite, which debuted in April, is now generally available. 
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
 - 07/07/2014
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Server virtualization solution from Ellison and company improves on the management end and on the OpenStack operability end.
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
 - 07/07/2014
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    VMware starts testing of major hypervisor update as well as innovative virtual storage management component. 
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
 - 07/02/2014
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A press release issued by the company states that Mark Templeton will rescind his retirement and continue to helm the workstyle anywhere company. 
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
 - 06/30/2014
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Company changes direction from previous support of OpenFlow and Open Networking Foundation, now viewed as a "competitor."
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    AFORE integrates CloudLink SecureVM with Microsoft's encryption solution.
                    
			            - By Christa  Ayer
 - 06/24/2014
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Rebranded Backup Management Suite simplifies accessibility to data and apps at speeds much faster than traditional backup/recovery scenarios. 
                    
			            - By Wendy A. Hernandez
 - 06/23/2014
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Preview version of newly dubbed Hyper-V Recovery Manager eliminates need for additional hot site for backups.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - 06/20/2014
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    FortyCloud helps organizations create overlay networks to lock down public cloud infrastructures.
                    
			            - By Christa  Ayer
 - 06/18/2014
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Zerto Virtual Replication 3.5 adds offsite backup -- a bonus for organizations looking for long-term data retention.
                    
			            - By Christa  Ayer
 - 06/18/2014