In his experience, VMware customers are "all miserable" because they are "worse off as a result of the acquisition" on account of increases that have seen the cost of licensing their VMware estate ...

In an announcement, Tan highlighted the company’s intention to shift towards simplicity and cost-effectiveness ... changing ...

VMware Tuesday made permanent a promotion price for its vSphere Essentials. That price, $495, provides a license to use the technology in up to three physical servers, each with up to two processors.

VMware customers are venting their spleen over the licensing changes coming in vSphere 5, which in some cases will amount to a significant price hike. Evidence of customers' frustration can be ...

This suggests that the desire to switch is primarily driven by cost and licensing concerns rather than dissatisfaction with the VMware software itself. “Giving up control over perpetual licenses ...

The company is offering unspecified "upgrade pricing incentives" to entice users to make the switch from perpetual licensing to subscriptions. The affected products include VMware offerings such ...

Following Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware, companies are grappling with the switch from perpetual licenses to subscription pricing. ark, a premier cloud partner in Broadcom’s Advantage Partner ...