Here’s a quick summary of how High Availability (HA) works in VMware ESX hosts-
VMware HA continuously monitors all ESX Server hosts in a cluster and detects failures. An agent placed on each host maintains a “heartbeat” with the other hosts in the cluster and loss of a heartbeat initiates the process of restarting all affected [...]

VMware has posted a new maintenance patch for Virtual Center, bringing the version up to 2.0.2, build 50618. This release resolves issues associated with databases, virtual machine management, and other critical issues. It also includes several performance fixes.  From what I see in the release notes, it is mostly a bug roll-up although there [...]

Intel and VMware announced today that Intel Capital is assuming a $218.5 million stake in VMWare. Intel Capital will invest $218.5 million in VMware’s Class A common stock subject to customary regulatory and other closing conditions including Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) review.
Intel will purchase 9.5 million Class A shares at $23 per share, which, at the completion [...]