Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Chief Analyst & CEO, NAND Research. It has been over a year since Broadcom finalized its $61 billion acquisition of VMware, and ...

Following Broadcom changes to VMware software licensing, tech analyst firm DCIG digs into VMware vSphere alternative solutions from Hive, Microsoft, Nutanix, Scale and VergeIO. There are many ...

Changes to VMware licensing in the wake of the Broadcom acquisition caused many enterprises to reassess their virtualisation platform options. A 2024 survey among 110 VMware customers by US-based ...

A lot of teams in the IT industry we talk to share the same concern regarding VMware’s licensing shifts: how do we maintain performance and stability while avoiding surprises, lock‑in, and complex ...

Broadcom’s ongoing changes to VMware’s licensing and distribution channels have created a wave of enterprise concern that is propelling potential alternatives, with OpenStack the most recent to throw ...

'I think our customers are going to be really receptive to the (HPE VM Essentials) price-point, the licensing model, and how this can be a bridge and transition strategy that HPE has thought through ...

Broadcom’s takeover of virtualisation supplier VMware has brought changes to VMware’s product line-up and its licensing terms. VMware’s storage virtualisation technology – vSAN – is also affected.

The Broadcom-VMware merger has left many long-standing customers mulling a change in their hypervisors. Foundry and CIO.com's comprehensive survey of over 550 enterprise IT leaders provides an ...