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Rimini Street Announces the Immediate Availability of Comprehensive Support, Security and Consulting Services for VMware Products

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LAS VEGAS Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a global provider of end-to-end enterprise software support, products and services, the leading third-party support provider for Oracle and SAP software, and a Salesforce and AWS partner, today announced the global launch of Rimini Support™, Rimini Protect™ and Rimini Consult™ for VMware products, in a first-of-its-kind, comprehensive third-party … Read more

VMware Patches Severe Security Flaws in Workstation and Fusion Products

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VMware Patches Severe Security Flaws in Workstation and Fusion Products

May 14, 2024NewsroomBluetooth / Vulnerability Multiple security flaws have been disclosed in VMware Workstation and Fusion products that could be exploited by threat actors to access sensitive information, trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition, and execute code under certain circumstances. The four vulnerabilities impact Workstation versions 17.x and Fusion versions 13.x, with fixes available in version … Read more

Broadcom ends perpetual licenses for VMware products

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Broadcom ends perpetual licenses for VMware products

Update: April 17, 2024Listening to strong customer feedback, Hock Tan, President and CEO of Broadcom, has announced free access to zero-day security patches for customers on supported versions of vSphere with perpetual licenses. He also stated that more VMware products will be added overtime to support this initiative. In addition, support extensions have been granted … Read more

‘Omnissa’ may be new brand for VMware end-user products

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‘Omnissa’ may be new brand for VMware end-user products

VMware’s end user compute products appear likely to be rebranded as Omnissa after being sold off. Broadcom decided to sell VMware’s portfolio of desktop and application virtualization products after it acquired the biz, deeming them surplus to requirements. They were picked up by private equity operation KKR for around $4 billion. The Omnissa name appeared … Read more

Critical Patches Released for New Flaws in Cisco, Fortinet, VMware Products

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Critical Patches Released for New Flaws in Cisco, Fortinet, VMware Products

Feb 08, 2024NewsroomCyber Threat / Network Security Cisco, Fortinet, and VMware have released security fixes for multiple security vulnerabilities, including critical weaknesses that could be exploited to perform arbitrary actions on affected devices. The first set from Cisco consists of three flaws – CVE-2024-20252 and CVE-2024-20254 (CVSS score: 9.6) and CVE-2024-20255 (CVSS score: 8.2) – … Read more

Dell kills distribution deal for Broadcom’s VMware products

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Dell kills distribution deal for Broadcom’s VMware products

Dell has terminated its distribution deal for VMware products. A regulatory filing in the US today reveals Dell has written to Broadcom terminating a “commercial framework agreement” forged in November 2021 between Dell and VMware, which is now owned by Broadcom. That agreement was struck on the same day Dell and VMware parted ways – … Read more

Why Broadcom Is Killing off VMware’s Standalone Products

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Why Broadcom Is Killing off VMware’s Standalone Products

To many enterprise IT observers, Broadcom — the new owner of what used to be known as VMware for 25 years — believes that its prized $69 billion acquisition’s product line was too complicated, far-flung and perhaps even becoming irrelevant here in the mid-2020s. Why else would Broadcom discontinue 56 (and counting) standalone products that … Read more

VMware is killing off 56 products amid “tectonic” infrastructure shift

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VMware is killing off 56 products amid “tectonic” infrastructure shift

Broadcom’s brutal assault on VMware’s product suite continues, with the company’s new owner this week confirming that it is sunsetting a massive 56 VMware products and platforms – as investors said this week that they anticipated a “tectonic shift” in the infrastructure market as a result.  In a January 15 advisory VMware confirmed tersely that … Read more

Who will buy VMware’s end-user compute products?

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Who will buy VMware’s end-user compute products?

Broadcom recently revaled it intends to divest VMware’s end-user compute products, which span virtual desktops, app publishing, and device management. Let’s ponder where they might land. The end-user compute (EUC) business unit celebrated its imminent spin-out, with VP and general manager Shankar Iyer writing “We view this as a powerful benefit for our customers and … Read more

VMware vCenter Flaw So Critical, Patches Released for End-of-Life Products

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VMware vCenter Flaw So Critical, Patches Released for End-of-Life Products

Virtualization technology powerhouse VMware is calling urgent attention to a critical remote code execution flaw haunting its vCenter Server and VMware Cloud Foundation products. The company said the vulnerability, tagged as CVE-2023-34048, allows a malicious hacker with network access to launch remote code execution exploits. A critical-severity advisory from VMware described the bug as an … Read more