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Out of nowhere, Broadcom decided to bring back the free version of ESXi in an announcement that was as abrupt as the one ...
After sending cease-and-desist letters to VMware users whose support contracts had expired and who subsequently declined to ...
Court says State arm cannot be left without maintenance, patches and upgrades because of Broadcom's new licensing model ...
Those who get more out of VMware Cloud Foundation also recognize the added value. Broadcom customers frustrated by the shift ...
The Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management has won a legal victory in the latest pushback against Broadcom’s ...
VMware users continue to be unhappy with licensing changes since the virtualization giant was acquired by Broadcom, and are ...
We first need to discuss the licensing for ESXi on ARM. As it is not a production product, it is offered with a 180-day license for evaluation purposes, a considerable upgrade from the usual 60-day ...
In the wake of widespread customer confusion over a series of license changes announced in December, Broadcom Inc.’s VMware subsidiary is positioning the moves as simplifying its product portfolio a ...
Broadcom Inc. is accelerating a plan to strong-arm VMware customers into signing up for subscriptions by killing off older, on-premises perpetual licenses to use the popular virtualization software.
Besides the VMware licensing change, which is always worrisome, VMware customers are also worried sick about the new line’s pricing. Even before Broadcom bought the company, VMware was expensive.
Given the prevalence of Java hosted on VMware vSphere, licensing used to be priced based on the number of physical cores of the server hardware. Oracle now sells the Java SE Universal Subscription ...