Security

VMware announced a new unified endpoint management approach for managing Windows 10, along with advancements to VMware Horizon® and VMware Workspace™ ONE™. www.vmware.com

Kaspersky Lab announced a new Software-as-a-Service solution, Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud, aimed at small and medium-sized businesses, as well as Managed Service Providers (MSPs). www.kaspersky.com

Miscellaneous

Dell Inc. and EMC Corp. announced that they intend to close the transaction to combine Dell and EMC on September 7, 2016. Dell Technologies will be the name of the new combined company. www.dell.com

AlienVault® and Zscaler™ announced a new partnership to provide increased threat protection while also providing better visibility and control. www.zscaler.com

Rackspace entered into a $4.3 Billion transaction to become a private company through an acquisition led by certain funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management. www.rackspace.com

IBM and VMware Expand Partnership to Enable Easy Hybrid Cloud Adoption. www.ibm.com

VMware announced two new capabilities of VMware vSphere® Integrated Containers™, which enables IT operations teams to provide a Docker compatible interface to app teams, running on an existing vSphere infrastructure. www.vmware.com