Security: Cloud Meltdown, or Is It?

Do Meltdown and Spectre invalidate the cloud? Do modern security issues invalidate the cloud? Does lack of provable security invalidate the cloud? But isn’t it provable? These are pretty strong statements, but the latest Spectre patch microcode recall for certain CPUs is starting to make some companies rethink their use of the cloud. What type …

VMware on Azure; It Is Not Horizon

Microsoft is releasing a new free tool called Microsoft Azure Migrate, which will aid VMware customers in moving their applications to Azure. Yes, that is correct: VMware on Azure! To be fair, this is not the biggest news. The announcement appears in its entirety here, and the relevant section is pulled out below: Host VMware infrastructure …

VMworld Europe 2017 – Roundup

In a slight change from normal behavior this week is VMware’s European VMworld soiree, I say a slight change as this is is usually held in October.  The European conference is to be fair never as good as their US offering, yes the Keynote speeches had tip of the hat to the Europeans with Gelsinger …