China pauses review of Broadcom’s VMware deal as advanced talks occur – report

China pauses review of Broadcom’s VMware deal as advanced talks occur – report

Sundry Photography/iStock Editorial via Getty Images China’s antitrust authority has paused its review of Broadcom’s (NASDAQ:AVGO) planned $61 billion purchase of VMware (NYSE:VMW) as the regulator has advanced remedy talks with the parties on the transaction. China’s State Administration for Market Regulation is likely to impose behavioral remedies on the deal, according to a Dealreporter … Read more

How to Pass Host Hardware Information to a VMware Workstation VM — Virtualization Review

How to Pass Host Hardware Information to a VMware Workstation VM — Virtualization Review

How to Pass Host Hardware Information to a VMware Workstation VM There are various reasons why you may want to reflect the actual hardware the VM is running on rather than as a VM; by adding these three lines to the VMware configuration file, you can easily reflect this. If you’ve followed my series of … Read more

VMware/Broadcom deal spread narrows amid report on China review (NYSE:VMW)

VMware/Broadcom deal spread narrows amid report on China review (NYSE:VMW)

Sundry Photography/iStock Editorial via Getty Images The deal spread in Broadcom’s (NASDAQ:AVGO) planned $61 billion purchase of VMware (NYSE:VMW) narrowed amid a report about China’s antitrust review of the deal. The spread narrowed to $15.51 from $17.23 on Tuesday. The parties are expected to start remedy discussions with China’s State Administration for Market Regulation, according … Read more

VMware Carbon Black Cloud review

VMware Carbon Black Cloud review

For over 25 years VMware has been developing cutting edge virtualization software and leading the way in cloud computing. VMware Carbon Black (formerly Bit9) was acquired by the virtualization giant in 2019. The company has a specific emphasis on cloud-native endpoint security solutions.  Its creation, VMware Carbon Black Cloud Workload Protection, provides vulnerability assessment and … Read more

How to Autostart VMware Workstation VMs — Virtualization Review

How to Autostart VMware Workstation VMs — Virtualization Review

How to Autostart VMware Workstation VMs In my series of articles on using VMware Workstation on an Intel NUC 13 Pro Desk Edition PC (starting here), I configured a half dozen or so virtual machines (VMs) as thin clients so I could use them for demonstrations and testing. It worked fine, but recently, Windows 11 … Read more

The Security Showdown: A Review of IPSec vs. OpenVPN

In today’s world of digital technology, data security is of the utmost importance. Whether you are conducting business, banking, or simply browsing the internet, it is important to ensure that your data and online activities remain secure and private. The two most popular protocols for securing your online connections – IPSec and OpenVPN – are … Read more