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Proxmox gives VMware ESXi users a place to go after Broadcom kills free version

reader comments 106 Broadcom has made sweeping changes to VMware’s business since acquiring the company in November 2023, killing off the perpetually licensed versions of VMware’s software and instituting large-scale layoffs. Broadcom executives have acknowledged the “unease” that all of these changes have created among VMware’s customers and partners but so far haven’t been interested… Read More »

Broadcom-owned VMware kills the free version of ESXi virtualization software

reader comments 87 Since Broadcom’s $61 billion acquisition of VMware closed in November 2023, Broadcom has been charging ahead with major changes to the company’s personnel and products. In December, Broadcom began laying off thousands of employees and stopped selling perpetually licensed versions of VMware products, pushing its customers toward more stable and lucrative software… Read More »

Hackers are mass infecting servers worldwide by exploiting a patched hole

Getty Images reader comments 21 with 0 posters participating Share this story An explosion of cyberattacks is infecting servers around the world with crippling ransomware by exploiting a vulnerability that was patched two years ago, it was widely reported on Monday. The hacks exploit a flaw in ESXi, a hypervisor VMware sells to cloud hosts… Read More »