After acquiring VMware, Broadcom switched its products from perpetual licensing to a subscription-based model, meaning that most current customers will see costs increase and service level changes. As a result, many of their existing customers are considering alternatives to VMware because of how this may or already has impacted their business.
VMware users are reacting to the business disruption by considering whether to stick with VMware or move to an alternative solution that can lower costs, but keep all the features they need. If you are one of those companies, we’ve created a brief video explaining some of the considerations companies like yours face when exploring alternatives to VMware.
Life After Broadcom
Watch our 2-minute video and find out:
- Common challenges when changing solutions
- Considerations for enterprises, medium-sized, and small businesses
- What we’ll discuss in a one-on-one consultation
Considerations When Moving From VMware
At ProActive Solutions, we’ve identified areas where our customers encounter challenges when making changes:
- Hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI)
- External Storage
- Backup
- Support
Transitioning to a VMware alternative using HCI often requires investing in new servers and storage unless your current HCI platform can be repurposed. This means organizations must prepare for hardware refreshes while simultaneously adapting to a new hypervisor environment.
Not all alternatives offer support for external storage attachment, and many HCI-only solutions rely solely on internal disks. This limitation can constrain the use of existing external arrays, requiring a re-evaluation of your storage strategy.
Since the Broadcom acquisition, an increasing number of backup vendors have begun to support VMware alternatives, providing fresh opportunities for robust data protection. However, there remain gaps in vendor support across some alternatives, which necessitates careful validation of backup capabilities.
Support is where the rubber meets the road, as transitioning from VMware demands confidence in your new partner’s enterprise support options. While some alternatives are rapidly maturing in this area, the evolving support landscape continues to change month by month, posing an ongoing challenge.
Making the Right Choice About VMware Alternatives
Switching providers can be a daunting task and the wrong choices could have a widespread impact not only on systems security and efficiency, but on cost as well. Working with a trusted advisor will help you decide if your current VMware solution is best for you and, if not, find the right alternatives.
ProActive Solutions can guide you during a one-on-one session in which we discuss challenges and possibilities of making a change from VMware. We offer solutions for companies of all sizes that can be bundled to provide a robust VMware replacement that may be more affordable for your company. At ProActive, we have many of these alternative solutions installed and ready to demo for you.
Get expert advice on whether to choose an alternative to VMware. Request a free one-on-one with a ProActive consultant.
