The short version: VMware stood accused of illegally using Linux code in its flagship VMware ESX bare-metal virtual machine (VM) hypervisor. The story began in August 2006, when prominent Linux ...

VMware and Novell have made Suse Linux Enterprise Server available free of charge to buyers of VMware vSphere licenses and subscriptions. On Thursday, the Suse Linux Enterprise Server for VMware offer ...

Novell and VMware have teamed up to work with software makers to develop virtual appliances based on Suse Linux Enterprise, the companies announced at the VMworld Europe 2009 conference in Cannes. As ...

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 ...

There’s no doubt about it. VMware wants to buy Novell’s SUSE Linux and open-source divisions. But, according to a Reuters report, Novell’s board really wants to sell NetWare and the identity ...

BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Polyverse Corporation, the leading cybersecurity company using Moving Target Defense (MTD) technologies to protect government and enterprise organizations from ...

VMware has been criticized for not embracing open source technology with the same zeal as some of its competitors in the enterprise technology market, but a new hire suggests the vendor is serious ...

Open vSwitch (OVS) today moved from an open source project hosted at VMware to a Linux Foundation project. “There’s been this perception that it was VMware run,” says Justin Pettit, senior staff at ...

AvosLocker is the latest ransomware gang that has added support for encrypting Linux systems to its recent malware variants, specifically targeting VMware ESXi virtual machines. While we couldn't find ...

*EDITOR'S NOTE: This story is the first in a weeklong series on the future of Microsoft's fat client and alternative desktop technologies that enhance or discourage the adoption of Windows Vista. As ...

A new Linux version of Royal ransomware is targeting VMware ESXi virtual machines. Learn more about this security threat and how to protect from it. Image: Adobe Stock Royal ransomware is malware that ...