I thought I'd throw this one out there, because we're in the middle of a voluntary "audit" (as in, we called them and they got a partner involved because we KNOW our licensing is fubar'd), and some of ...

Microsoft this week updated its licensing options in hopes to increase VMware users to migrate to Azure. The incentive is aimed at current users of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), a private cloud ...

In a press conference Tuesday at VMware Partner Exchange, CEO Paul Maritz said future adjustments to its product licensing terms are coming as VMware moves toward a consumption-based licensing model.

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 ...

VMware has played a key role in the technology world’s transition to the cloud, providing software that powers virtualisation, multi-cloud management, infrastructure, networking, security and more.

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 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 ...

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 ...

A&T is precisely the kind of enterprise customer that Broadcom desires. According to recently filed court documents (PDF), AT&T has deployed Broadcom’s VMware software across approximately 8,600 ...