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5 alternatives to VMware vSphere virtualization platform

Network World

There are many alternatives for organizations unhappy with the direction that Broadcom is taking the VMware virtualization platform. HiveIO Hive Fabric HiveIO is a Linux Kernel-based VM (KVM) that features an intelligent message bus, pool orchestration, user profile management, and shared storage. Heres a brief synopsis of each one: 1.

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Royal ransomware spreads to Linux and VMware ESXi

Tech Republic Security

A new Linux version of Royal ransomware is targeting VMware ESXi virtual machines. The post Royal ransomware spreads to Linux and VMware ESXi appeared first on TechRepublic. Learn more about this security threat and how to protect from it.

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What is KubeVirt? How does it migrate VMware workloads to Kubernetes?

Network World

Prior to the advent of Kubernetes, one of the most popular ways for organizations to deploy virtualization was with VMs, more often than not using technology from VMware. The KubeVirt open-source project was started by Linux vendor Red Hat in 2016. How can KubeVirt be used for VMware migrations? What is KubeVirt?

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Enterprises reevaluate virtualization strategies amid Broadcom uncertainty

Network World

Broadcoms decisions to replace perpetual VMware software licenses with subscriptions and to eliminate point products in favor of an expensive bundle of private cloud tools are driving longtime VMware customers to look for an exit strategy. There is no like-for-like replacement for the VMware hypervisor on the market, Delory points out.

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New Linux-based ransomware targets VMware servers

Network World

Cheerscript plants double-extortion malware on ESXi servers.

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Many VMware Products Affected by SACK Linux Vulnerabilities

CTOvision

Over 30 VMware products are affected by SACK Panic and SACK Slowness, two recently disclosed Linux kernel vulnerabilities that can be exploited remotely without authentication for denial-of-service (DoS) attacks.

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‘An easy button to get off Windows’: Amazon’s new AI moves Microsoft apps to Linux

GeekWire

Matt Garman, AWS CEO, announces the new AI tool for migrating.NET applications to Linux at AWS re:Invent on Tuesday morning. At re:Invent today, Amazon also announced new AI migration tools for companies using legacy mainframe applications, and those looking to move away from VMware virtualization technology in data centers.

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