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Year of free HPE software a “step in the correct direction” in VMware rivalry

Partner tells Ars that HPE should be giving out more free VM Essentials licenses.

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Year of free HPE software a “step in the correct direction” in VMware rivalry is the latest Technology story from Ars Technica. The original report points to Partner tells Ars that HPE should be giving out more free VM Essentials licenses.

The short version

  • Partner tells Ars that HPE should be giving out more free VM Essentials licenses.
  • Virtualization Year of free HPE software a “step in the correct direction” in VMware rivalry Partner tells Ars that HPE should be giving out more free VM Essentials licenses.
  • During its HPE Discover event in Las Vegas this week, HPE announced that customers could use its “HPE Morpheus Software—VM Essentials” offering for free for “up to one year,” per a press release.
  • HPE’s website describes its virtualization platform as a “VMware alternative.
  • ” It includes a hardware virtual machine (HVM) hypervisor and unified management and lets users “manage VMware ESXi and HVM clusters from one console and migrate when you’re ready,” HPE’s website says.

What happened

Virtualization Year of free HPE software a “step in the correct direction” in VMware rivalry Partner tells Ars that HPE should be giving out more free VM Essentials licenses.

During its HPE Discover event in Las Vegas this week, HPE announced that customers could use its “HPE Morpheus Software—VM Essentials” offering for free for “up to one year,” per a press release. HPE’s website describes its virtualization platform as a “VMware alternative.” It includes a hardware virtual machine (HVM) hypervisor and unified management and lets users “manage VMware ESXi and HVM clusters from one console and migrate when you’re ready,” HPE’s website says.

Why it matters

Technology readers should care because the story affects a live product, platform, research area, or industry trend rather than being empty noise. The useful bit is the practical direction of travel: Virtualization Year of free HPE software a “step in the correct direction” in VMware rivalry Partner tells Ars that HPE should be giving out more free VM Essentials licenses.

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