Key takeaways:
Since the acquisition, Broadcom has streamlined 650+ offerings into four focused packages, and Insight can help you understand which package is right for you.
Organisations should carefully assess their options when reworking the foundation of their data centre, which is a huge undertaking, and Insight can help you navigate this complex process.
Partners such as Insight can guide your organisation in choosing the right approach, whether it's on-premises, in the cloud, or multicloud, despite changes in the market.
It is important to set realistic expectations while closely monitoring how the news will evolve as further changes are anticipated in the coming months.
Companies are navigating changes in their environment with the help of Insight experts. You can reach out to us to address your burning questions, potential solutions, and best practices for ensuring stability despite changes in the market.
Lean on a strategic partner. With thousands of deep partnerships with leading providers, Insight is the go-to expert for solutions integration.
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Stay with VMware and optimise your environment to extract the maximum value from the new SKUs, which essentially bundle more technology.
Decide to go with an alternative where there are several options:
Stay on premises with Nutanix or Azure Stack HCI
Go for a VMware solution on public cloud (VMware solution on Azure)
Go native public cloud, Azure or AWS.
Available options from Insight:
Evaluate your current usage
Consider bundle options
Explore alternative solutions
The recent changes in
VMware’s licensing model have pushed many organisations to explore alternative solutions that provide them with better ROI. Consider exploring cloud-based solutions, which
offer many benefits, including lower
costs, greater scalability, and increased flexibility. By carefully evaluating your options, you can ensure you are making
the right choices for your business
and maximizing your ROI.
VMware has consolidated its offerings by creating bundles, resulting in a reduced number of SKUs. Consider the bundle options available and evaluate whether they align with your business needs and budget.
With the introduction of the per-core licensing scheme, it’s important to evaluate your current usage and determine whether you need to reduce the number of cores you use to avoid additional fees. By analysing your usage patterns, you can identify areas where you can optimize your usage and reduce costs.
Here are three key considerations we think you should keep in mind:
Broadcom has acquired VMware.
Here’s what your business should do next.
Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware towards the end of last year has left many organisations wondering what their next move should be when it comes to their licensing. If you’re in the dark as to why, as a thought leader in the industry Insight is well positioned to shed some light.
In the dark with your VMware licensing spend?
Illuminate your options with Insight.
Broadcom has announced a significant simplification of its VMware solutions product portfolio , which aims to provide more value for customers from businesses of all sizes. This simplification initiative is a result of customer and partner feedback over the years, which highlighted that the offers and go-to-market strategies were too complex. As part of this initiative, all VMware solutions under Broadcom have transitioned to subscription licenses, an end to the perpetual licensing model.
What’s happened?
Broadcom has announced a significant simplification of its VMware solutions product portfolio , which aims to
provide more value for customers from businesses of all sizes. This simplification initiative is a result of customer and partner feedback over the years, which highlighted that the offers and go-to-market strategies were too complex. As part of this initiative, all VMware solutions under Broadcom have transitioned to subscription licenses, an end to the perpetual licensing model.