Network monitoring tool provider Paessler has recently introduced a new subscription pricing model for its product PRTG, following in the footsteps of VMware‘s move to subscription-based licensing. The company has been offering network monitoring tools to enterprises since 1997, with PRTG designed to monitor the entire network infrastructure using sensors for various devices and applications. … Read more
Citrix has made significant changes to its partner program, resulting in backlash from partners who were reportedly shocked and angered by the new deals. One major change includes doubling the price of products unless partners pay upfront for a year. The new package, called “Citrix Universal for CSP,” will include all capabilities of Citrix and … Read more
Following Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware, the company has been facing challenges, including losing a customer with 24,000 licenses due to drastic licensing cost increases. The European cloud organization CISPE condemned Broadcom’s tactics, calling them “brutal” and warning that they would harm Europe’s independent cloud infrastructure sector. At a conference, Computershare CTO Kevin O’Connor shared how … Read more
Since Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware, the company has been facing backlash from customers due to significant licensing cost increases. Many customers, including the European cloud organization CISPE, have criticized Broadcom’s tactics, calling them brutal and potentially damaging to the cloud infrastructure sector in Europe. One customer, Computershare, spoke about their experience at a conference, revealing … Read more
“It’s created a demand spike for the product. Customers on VMware environments mostly prefer to lock in their perpetual licensing for three more years before any price increases kick in,” one VxRail seller tells CRN. The death of VMware’s perpetual licenses has come calling for Dell Technologies’ VxRail, with customers racing to lock in prices … Read more
Update: April 17, 2024Listening to strong customer feedback, Hock Tan, President and CEO of Broadcom, has announced free access to zero-day security patches for customers on supported versions of vSphere with perpetual licenses. He also stated that more VMware products will be added overtime to support this initiative. In addition, support extensions have been granted … Read more
Broadcom CEO Hock Tan this week publicized some concessions aimed at helping customers and partners ease into VMware’s recent business model changes. Tan reiterated that the controversial changes, like the end of perpetual licensing, aren’t going away. But amid questioning from antitrust officials in the European Union (EU), Tan announced that the company has already … Read more
News Post-VMware Buy, Broadcom Kills Perpetual Licenses in Favor of Subscriptions Broadcom is discontinuing sales of perpetual licenses for over a dozen VMware products, the company announced this week. The move comes less than a month after the completion of Broadcom’s acquisition of the virtualization giant for a reported $69 billion. The end of perpetual … Read more
News Broadcom Kills Off VMware Perpetual Licenses By Gladys Rama December 13, 2023 Broadcom is ending more than a dozen VMware perpetual licenses and steering those customers to subscriptions, per an announcement this week. The move comes less than a month after the completion of Broadcom’s acquisition of the virtualization giant VMware for … Read more
VMware by Broadcom, as the former VMware is now known, has in recent days dished out welcome news for its faithful. Earlier this week, Michael Roy, product line manager for the Workstation and Fusion desktop hypervisors, revealed the products will continue. “VMware by Broadcom is committed to our focus on the desktop hypervisor products and … Read more