Aware that many customers are deploying applications on pools of IT resources, as opposed to assigning them to a particular server, VMware is adding the option of licensing vFabric 5 on a per-virtual ...

Broadcom has moved forward with plans to transition VMware, a virtualization and cloud computing company, into a subscription-based business. As of December 11, it no longer sells perpetual licenses ...

Broadcom Inc. is accelerating a plan to strong-arm VMware customers into signing up for subscriptions by killing off older, on-premises perpetual licenses to use the popular virtualization software.

Over the past few weeks, VMware customers holding onto their perpetual licenses, which are often unsupported and in limbo, have reportedly begun receiving formal cease-and-desist letters from Broadcom ...

Broadcom is discontinuing sales of perpetual licenses for over a dozen VMware products, the company announced this week. The move comes less than a month after the completion of Broadcom's acquisition ...

Google Cloud late last week released a VMware “reminder” tied to Broadcom’s impending license portability changes that are set to impact the use of VMware’s Cloud Foundation (VCF) platform running in ...

Broadcom’s post-acquisition licensing changes for VMware have triggered steep cost hikes, partner cuts, and limited support options, prompting many IT teams to reconsider their virtualization ...