VMware post Broadcom acquisition…

uncertain future

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increasing costs

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overly complex

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forced to purchase entire bundle

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increased minimum core counts

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uncertain future | increasing costs | overly complex | forced to purchase entire bundle | increased minimum core counts |

Contact Marathon Technology to see how we are helping customers exit VMware in favor of HPE VM Essentials. While HPE is new to the hypervisor market, thanks to the Morpheus acquisition their technology has a proven track record.

Comparison table of HPE VM Essentials, VMware vSphere, and HPE VME cluster features for virtualization and cloud infrastructure management.
A promotional slide detailing changes in licensing costs, mentioning bundles for VCF, VVF, vSphere Standard, ending perpetual licenses, eliminating ELAs, providing lower discounts, and extra charges like vSAN, with an emphasis on a 2-4x price increase for most customers.
“I’m evaluating options, but it will take 2 years to deal with VMware while I also adjust our container strategy, figure out AI, and re-evaluate public cloud, Oh yeah… and I’m not getting any new people to help.”