VMware is in fact part of the OpenStack Foundation — a Gold member, on the same tier as Cisco and Dell — but the openness of OpenStack may mean different things to its vendors than to its users.

VMware has gone whole hog and announced its own distribution of OpenStack called VMware Integrated OpenStack (VIO), which runs exclusively on VMware’s software.

PORTLAND, OR--(Marketwired - Apr 16, 2013) - (OpenStack Summit) Canonical and VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, today announced a ...

VMware wants to bring enterprise-class reliability to OpenStack by releasing a distribution of cloud hosting software that runs on top of the virtualization stack. “There’s a lot of interest ...

Most VMware users “sort of yawn” when the topic is OpenStack, Pat Gelsinger told the Wall Street Journal (registration required): “It’s just not relevant to them.” Okay, I get it.

In VMware’s case, the setup process is handled via a 12-step wizard interface published through the VMware vSphere Web Client, alongside all the other common and familiar management tools for ...

VMware’s virtualization platform and OpenStack are a good combination for a number of reasons, Gilmartin said. One is that a VMware base can provide management functions not found within ...

The total payment volume was US$228 billion. PayPal uses VMware’s server virtualization software. VMware actually sells its own version of OpenStack.

VMware and OpenStack have made nice A few years ago VMware and OpenStack were foes. Oh, how times have changed. This week VMware is out with the 2.5 release of its VMware Integrated OpenStack (VIO).

Regardless of its intentions, however, VMware will have to wait at least a few months (possibly October 19) for the OpenStack board to decide if it will be allowed to join.