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• Big Switch SDN update aids VMware integration, bare metal monitoring

  Big Switch Networks rolled out new versions of its SDN-based cloud fabric and monitoring applications which feature tighter integration with VMware, among other enhancements.

• Microsoft boasts that new tool will control Amazon's Cloud, too

  Microsoft this week launched a tool that initially is best for managing its public and private clouds but that the company says will soon enable enterprises to control hybrid clouds based on Amazon Web Services and VMware clouds, too.

• VCE's VxRack systems want to be Vblocks for the next generation

  EMC's VCE division wants to take the engineered systems approach it's honed with its Vblocks into next-generation mobile and cloud applications.

• SDN ushering in "Golden Age" of network administration

  IT organisations have been virtualising compute servers for years, and now it's time for network admins to have their turn at virtualisation.

• VMware prepares its virtualization stack for Docker

  VMware may have pioneered enterprise virtualization, but until Monday it had been relatively quiet when it comes to Docker containers, the popular lightweight form of application virtualization.

• 8 cloud companies to watch following MONSTER funding week

  Investors this week poured at least $350 million into cloud computing companies focused on everything from security to Hadoop clusters to industry-specific apps.

• VMware helps CIOs tunnel their way to more secure mobile apps

  VMware is combining iOS and Android encryption features with its own network virtualization platform to offer more secure access to enterprise applications and resources.

• Will containers kill the virtual machine?

  Two years ago when Frank Macreery started Aptible to help companies host sensitive healthcare data in the cloud, as CTO he decided that containers would play a pivotal role in the company's operations.

• RedSeal gets new funding, executives

  Network visualization and risk assessment vendor RedSeal is re-launching with new capabilities, executives and funding that will be used to hire more engineers and boost its channel partners.

• EMC pools enterprise smarts to create data lakes

  EMC is drawing on its "federation" of companies to help customers build data lakes using EMC storage, VMware virtualisation and Pivotal Big Data smarts.

• VMware expands desktop virtualization to Linux

  VMware's VMware Horizon desktop virtualization software suite will soon deliver virtual Linux desktops over a network, in addition to the Microsoft Windows desktops it has long provided for remote workers.

• How to get certified in VMware virtual networking

  During the past year VMware has released a series of network virtualization certifications for network professionals to gain expertise in software defined networking, and specifically how it integrates with existing physical networking.

• The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Friday, March 6

  Bill to rein in data brokers restarts... Government funds China companies in global push...TurboTax users victimized... and more tech news.

• VMware sued for alleged GPL licence infractions

  A Linux kernel developer is suing VMware in Germany, alleging the company has not complied with copyright terms for using open-source software.

• VMware takes on mobile networks with vCloud for NFV

  VMware has jumped into the hot NFV market with a platform that lets service providers run their network functions as virtualized applications from different vendors.