Comments on: Citrix and VMware strengthen their cloud credentials

By: Nandavarapu Kiran

Nandavarapu Kiran — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:18:46 +0000

Thanks Paul.

Today’s note on pricing is very detailed and good.

By: Paul Miller

Paul Miller — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:09:34 +0000

VMware pricing is the topic of today’s “Today in Infrastructure” piece; http://pro.gigaom.com/2011/07/vmware-pricing/

By: Paul Miller

Paul Miller — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:06:29 +0000

I agree that the change to price and license is significant, although it didn’t seem to fit the flow of *this* particular story. VMware argues that many (most?) customers will not be adversely affected, but there’s a lot of grumbling at the links you gave and elsewhere. Even if the affected customers really are in the minority, they would appear to be quite a vocal minority, and VMware’s competitors will no doubt make the most of it.

By: Nandavarapu Kiran

Nandavarapu Kiran — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:32:25 +0000

Paul,

I think you missed one more important part of VMware’s announcement. They changed pricing and licensing model for vSphere 5 to make ti relevant for both on-premise and cloud environments.

But, most of the existing vSphere users are really not happy with new licensing changes. It seems that new licensing will increase costs. Already few VMware customers are planing to switch to Hyper-V. This is a huge opportunity for Microsoft to tap VMware customers with thier low pricing model. Please check below mentioned links.

http://communities.vmware.com/message/1789875#1789875
http://communities.vmware.com/message/1789448#1789448