Quit VMware and you’ll emerge with more complex and less capable infrastructure

By Simon Sharwood

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A Gartner analyst at their IT Infrastructure, Operations & Cloud Strategies Conference in Sydney stated there is no technical reason for VMware users to adopt a rival hypervisor, and that no vendor offers a one-for-one replacement for the virtualization pioneer’s flagship Cloud Foundation (VCF) suite. The analyst went to say Broadcom’s licensing policies, which see it only sell VCF, mean VMware users’ licensing bills typically rise by 300 to 400 percent

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