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Enterprises reevaluate virtualization strategies amid Broadcom uncertainty

Network World

Broadcoms decisions to replace perpetual VMware software licenses with subscriptions and to eliminate point products in favor of an expensive bundle of private cloud tools are driving longtime VMware customers to look for an exit strategy. For customers looking elsewhere, theres no shortage of alternatives. Theyre still the Lamborghini.

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5 alternatives to VMware vSphere virtualization platform

Network World

There are many alternatives for organizations unhappy with the direction that Broadcom is taking the VMware virtualization platform. In alphabetical order, they are: Hive, Microsoft, Nutanix, Scale and VergeIO. Scale Computing Platform Scale provides an all-in-one hardware and software package that includes all software licenses.

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How to mitigate software licensing surprises

CIO Business Intelligence

It’s unsurprising to see legacy providers shifting their business models from perpetual software licensing to subscription-based pricing. But lately, some licensees of virtual desktops and applications have been confronted with abrupt changes and even forced to accept and pay for unwanted features. Some do it with a measure of grace.

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CISPE raises red alert over Broadcom’s VMware licensing changes

Network World

The European Cloud Competition Observatory (ECCO), a monitoring body established by the association of Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE) as a way to keep cloud licensing practices fair in the region, this week came down hard on Broadcom for its failure to do so.

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Microsoft in talks over cloud licensing complaint in the EU

CIO Business Intelligence

Microsoft is in talks with Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE) to settle the trade body’s complaint about its cloud software licensing practices in the European Union (EU). The European cloud firms had called this a restrictive cloud licensing policy. The trust component is fundamental, he noted. “It

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Microsoft faces new antitrust complaint over cloud software licensing in Europe

CIO Business Intelligence

Changes Microsoft made to its cloud licensing of Windows and application software to “make bringing workloads and licenses to partners’ clouds easier,” the company says, have drawn the ire of those cloud partners, some of whom have jointly filed an antitrust complaint in the European Union.

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IT resiliency: Running two different hypervisors

CIO Business Intelligence

Some delayed decisions by relying on existing VMware licenses, while others explored alternatives or ran redundancies to compare options. The disruption from VMware’s acquisition has led many to reconsider their virtualization strategies and explore new options. “By

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