Nine in 10 VMware customer looking to switch vendors due to increased licensing costs
- License costs are a worry for 90% of VMware customers
- Multi-vendor and security complexities are limiting migration for many
- Some customers are staying with VMware but sourcing their own support
A new study has claimed a staggering 90% of decision-makers are considering VMware alternatives purely based on licensing costs.
But following other changes made to the virtualization stack under its not-so-new Broadcom ownership, two in three (66%) of those surveyed by Rimini Street are also considering third-party support.
That said, there's a big step between considering leaving VMware and actually migrating away, and many face the reality of not being able to without incurring high costs or encountering technical difficulties.
VMware customers aren't happy, but they're not switching away
Broadcom's licensing changes are the biggest offender, the study shows, with 90% of those considering an alternative impacted by higher licensing costs and 54% unhappy with the end of support for...
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