Confronting the VMware Licensing Shift: Infrastructure in an Era of Uncertainty
Confronting the VMware Licensing Shift: Infrastructure in an Era of Uncertainty
12 PagesBroadcom’s VMware licensing changes have created uncertainty and rising costs, pushing organizations to reassess their virtualization strategies. This white paper outlines how companies can respond by first understanding their existing VM, storage, and dependency landscape, then evaluating options such as optimizing VMware, moving workloads to public cloud, or adopting alternative hypervisors. Storage architecture plays a major role, as modern external storage can reduce vCPU usage and licensing costs compared to HCI. Many organizations are also accelerating cloud adoption or exploring platforms like Hyper-V, KVM, or OpenShift. NetApp supports all paths with tools like Data Infrastructure Insights for visibility, ONTAP for optimized VMware performance, cloud-ready storage services across major hyperscalers, and strong integrations for alternative hypervisors. The message: assess your environment, choose the path that fits your goals, and rely on flexible, modern data infrastructure to future-proof operations.
