How Telefónica avoided VMware price hike | Computer Weekly
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But any migration to a different platform does present risk in terms of training and potentially the need to test and recertify commercial applications to ensure they work. Computer Weekly has previously reported that VCF is often seen as a costly upgrade, as it offers various components some VMware customers do not need, especially if their primary use is to virtualise servers in their datacentres. As Holger Berndt, professional lead of software asset management at Telefónica Germany, recalls, Broadcom offered the company the opportunity to buy the whole VCF suite. In effect, Broadcom wanted Telefónica Germany to move its entire server estate away from perpetual licences to a VMware annual subscription. Following a request for proposals, in January, Spinnaker was awarded a new contract to provide third-party support both for Oracle and now VMware across the company’s software-defined datacentre infrastructure.
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