A "time bomb" in a VMware ESX Server software update, that last week caused the virtualisation group's CEO to publicly apologise to clients, has not affected customers in Southern Africa.
Technewsworld and other journals last week reported that VMware programmers had failed to remove a so-called time bomb from the update, before making it available to clients for download.
The time bomb caused the server software to believe the product's licence had expired. Reports indicate the problem was corrected within 24 hours of being detected.
VMware Southern Africa regional manager Chris Norton says, after being warned of the glitch, the company notified all partners and customers who had downloaded the affected code.
"A request was made to notify us of any production issues experienced and, to date, we have not been notified by any customers who have had their production environments affected in the Southern African region.
"We intend to remain vigilant though, just in case, and we have also notified all who downloaded the affected release to download the corrected version that was available on the Web site 36 hours after the initial communication," he adds.
VMware CEO Paul Maritz apologised for the glitch in his executive blog, saying the company was doing "everything in our power to make sure this doesn't happen again".
He added it was reviewing its quality assurance and software-release processes.
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