VMware releases vSphere Express for virtualization on up to 128 cores
“We started listening to a lot of our lower-end customers," VMware exec says.
“We started listening to a lot of our lower-end customers," VMware exec says.
The short version
- “We started listening to a lot of our lower-end customers,” VMware exec says.
- After alienating many long-time small- to medium-sized business (SMB) customers, Broadcom’s VMware is trying to appeal to its smaller customers.
- Some SMB users have reported that VMware sales representatives previously told them that vSphere Standard, VMware’s prior entry-level virtualization offering, wasn’t available anymore.
What happened
A VMware spokesperson told The Register that VMware will sell a per-core subscription license at a price that will be “significantly lower” than the VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) bundle and VCF but wouldn’t provide a price quote. IT distributor TD Synnex lists vSphere Express as costing $9,600 a year for running on up to 128 cores.
Why it matters
The product only supports discrete instances, and organizations won’t be able to manage them centrally, Prashanth Shenoy, VP of product marketing for VCF, said, according to The Register.
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