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Licensing lessons from VMware-Siemens spat

Summary by Network World
When Broadcom acquired virtualization leader VMware in late 2023, some experts sounded the alarm that things were about to change. Not all tech leaders paid attention. The changes came quickly. First, there were all the layoffs of VMware employees and the terminations of agreements with VMware resellers and service providers. Then the licensing changes. Perpetual licenses were out. Subscription licenses were in. And the software would no longer …
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[Digital Daily Reporter Ian Na] The rapid change in licensing policy following Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware has caused confusion in corporate IT infrastructure. The dependency on existing platforms and the increased cost burden have led to the search for new alternatives, and OpenStack is once again in the spotlight. JetConverterCloud has presented a realistic conversion solution in this situation with technology that integrates migration, b…

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Network World broke the news in on Monday, July 7, 2025.
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