Let's start with scalability. VMware vSphere can scale higher than previous versions, supporting more CPU cores and more RAM for hosts and virtual machine (VM) guests (see Figure 1). For example, ...

After a decade of expanding the various capacities of its server virtualization hypervisor, ESXi, and the virtual machines that run on it, you might think that VMware was pretty much done with ...

VMware made a long-anticipated move July 22 when it announced that its ESXi hypervisor would be free. That doesn’t mean VMware customers can avoid pricey fees for support and management tools, though.