Virtualization

Microsoft is acquiring Metaswitch to boost Azure Cloud virtualized networks. 5G wireless service provider partners may gain voice, data & communications boost.

Storage giant NetApp acquires CloudJumper; gains virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) for Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure & Google Cloud Platform. Vows MSP support.

CloudScale365 acquires eApps Hosting to help partners manage Linux & Windows services as an alternative to AWS, Azure & Google Cloud Platform.

Application monitoring company Instana acquires BeeInstant, StackImpact & JINSPIRED’s Signify technology to boost software container monitoring.

VMware VMworld 2019 Day 3 news: 30 updates from Blue Medora, Cohesity, Equinix, Fortinet, HP Enterprise, Rackspace, Redis Labs, ServiceNow, Zadara Storage, Zerto & more.

HP Enterprise acquires BlueData, a Docker software container partner that eases AI, Machine Learning & Big Data application deployments across Hadoop & Spark clusters. Dell EMC was an early BlueData investor.

At AWS re:invent 2018, ESG will be watching for Amazon Workspaces deployments at scale and looking to see if attendees are standardizing on DaaS, or if DaaS is being used for smaller use cases.