VMware customers with perpetual licenses will still be supported. Broadcom CEO Hock Tan says the changed policy is in response to feedback from customers. Shortly after Broadcom acquired VMware in November 2023, it quickly became apparent that the move to subscription-only licenses was imminent. Perpetual licenses, where the software is purchased once and comes with … Read more
Secure cloud and cyber security provider AUCloud has affirmed its support for Australian Managed Service Providers (MSPs) by announcing a partnership with VMware by Broadcom. This collaboration seeks to provide MSPs with a White-Labelled solution, ensuring reliable VMware cloud services and solutions. The partnership responds to several changes that arose following Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware … Read more
SOFIA, Bulgaria–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Apache CloudStack is an open-source cloud computing software platform designed to deploy and manage large arrays of virtual machines as a highly available, highly scalable Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). CloudStack is becoming increasingly popular with VMware customers looking to reduce vendor lock-in, optimize the cost of their IT environments, and future-proof … Read more
Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) and Google Cloud announced plans to support license portability of VMware Cloud Foundation to Google Cloud VMware Engine. Customers will retain the rights to the software subscription when deploying VMware Cloud Foundation on Google Cloud VMware Engine and have the ability to move their subscription between supported environments as desired. Broadcom and Google … Read more
Customers will be able to deploy their own VMware Cloud Foundation subscriptions to Google Cloud VMware Engine while maintaining license entitlements Share “Broadcom and Google Cloud Announce License Portability Support for VMware Cloud Foundation on Google Cloud VMware Engine” on Twitter Share “Broadcom and Google Cloud Announce License Portability Support for VMware Cloud Foundation on … Read more
Broadcom completed the $61 billion acquisition of VMware in November last year. VMware’s acquisition by Broadcom has created uncertainty with clients across the world. Locally, the story is no different, as the outlook of South African chief information officers (CIOs) is mixed, according to a short poll conducted by ITWeb. While coverage of the deal … Read more
Exclusive Backup software vendor Veeam is doing early research on VMware alternative Proxmox, potentially with a view to creating a product to protect data created using the tool. “We’re researching and doing some prototyping around Proxmox to see what’s possible there as far as backup goes,” Anton Gostev, Veeam’s senior veep for product management posted … 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
Broadcom’s completion of its $61bn acquisition of VMware has led to major changes to the existing VMware product portfolio, which will see an end to perpetual software licensing contracts. “The portfolio simplification across all VMware by Broadcom divisions stems from customer and partner feedback over the years telling us our offers and go-to-market are … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 10, 2023 — D2iQ, a leading Kubernetes management platform provider, announced the newest updates to its award-winning multi-cluster D2iQ Kubernetes Platform (DKP). DKP 2.7 features automated AI management and troubleshooting enhancements, as well as multi-tenancy advances that give platform engineering teams and Managed Service Providers (MSPs) global visibility and heightened operational efficiency … Read more