Defence mandates move off VMware

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Virtified's take: Such a massive VMware migration will take sheer grit and determination. (Financial) success would only come by getting the migration done within the timeframe of current license agreement (and subsequent audit). Technical success will be even more challenging.

[The Australian Department of] Defence is actively reducing its use of VMware under a "mandate" issued in the lead-up to the department's licensing costs being doubled.

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