VMware swings its focus back to low-end server virt, promises vSphere Standard upgrade
Found the time to focus and ‘corrected’ incentives that saw sales drive users to full private clouds
EXCLUSIVE What's old is new again as VMware will soon release an updated version of vSphere Standard, the low-end server virtualization bundle that it hasn’t significantly changed for years and has scarcely promoted since its 2023 acquisition by Broadcom.
VMware’s hero product for the last three years has been the Cloud Foundation (VCF) private cloud bundle.
vSphere Standard and another low-end suite called vSphere Enterprise Plus remained on VMware’s list of products, but the website mentioning the products devotes a handful of words to each.
The Register has oftenheardVMware, and itspartners, would not issue subscription renewal quotes for the low-end products or only offer quotes that suggested adopting VCF instead. VCF is more powerful than standalone vSphere but more complex and costly – and also overkill for basic server virtualization.
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