Licensing Operating Systems Virtualization 
CIO Business Intelligence
JULY 5, 2024
The landscape of data center infrastructure is shifting dramatically, influenced by recent licensing changes from Broadcom that are driving up costs and prompting enterprises to reevaluate their virtualization strategies. Clients are seeing increased costs with on-premises virtualization with Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware.
Network World
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
When I joined VMware, we only had a hypervisor – referring to a single software [instance] that can be used to run multiple virtual machines on a physical one – we didn’t have storage or networking.” We have gone from choosing an operating system to being able to run any application anywhere and on any cloud by virtualizing storage.”
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CIO Business Intelligence
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
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.
Network World
JUNE 18, 2024
But analysts said it is the on-prem scenario where SUSE could make a big difference, given the virtual absence of major vendors positioning for on-prem. Once IT management figures out whether to run workloads in the cloud or on premises, then they can explore the question of open-source versus proprietary operating systems.
GeekWire
DECEMBER 3, 2024
The move could boost Amazon’s cloud business by reducing a major hurdle for customers to move away from data centers and servers running on Microsoft’s operating system.
CIO Business Intelligence
MAY 11, 2022
Incompatibility and unreliability caused by configuration differences such as versions of compilers, loaders, runtime libraries, middleware, and operating systems in new environments contributed to increased project effort, cost, and timelines. They don’t need to utilize the same resource as virtual machines do. How we got here.
CIO Business Intelligence
OCTOBER 11, 2022
You’re constantly stuck in maintenance mode, with disparate, multi-vendor backup and recovery systems that are complex and expensive to maintain. Multiple touch points of administration slow down production, and the costs of software licensing, disruptive upgrades, and capacity over-provisioning add up fast. Consistent protection.
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