HPE offers one year of free software to lure VMware customers amid migration concerns
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Summary
HPE is offering a year of free software to attract VMware customers considering migration, addressing concerns about the cost and complexity of running two virtualization platforms simultaneously during the transition period. A partner suggests HPE should offer even more free VM Essentials licenses to better compete with VMware.
Key quotes
· 2 pulledOne of the big things we see is that as customers are going through this journey on transforming their operating model, you end up with dou
Partner tells Ars that HPE should be giving out more free VM Essentials licenses.
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