It was all the buzz this past week: EMC VMware has changed its licensing with vSphere 5 from a model that is based on processor cores and physical memory to a model that charges based upon both a ...

VMware has tweaked its new licensing model, which had attracted the ire of many of its customers, saying that it was "a company built on customer goodwill", and took "customer feedback to heart". On ...

VMware recently announced a change to its software licensing model that caps the number of cores supported in the CPU, effective April 2, 2020. Why did VMware do this? What is the real impact to IT?

‘The fact that you can run as many cores in a single processor as you can with two processors from another manufacturer, that means you can cut down your licensing costs considerably,’ says Stefan ...

Who says nothing new gets discussed at VMworld Europe that wasn’t already said at the U.S. VMworld? That’s been a common complaint ever since VMware decided to shorten the six-month separation between ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. VMware is entering into a new licensing agreement with ...

VMware announced vSphere 5 yesterday, which will bring greater scalability and robustness to VMware’s virtualization platform. The new version will support larger virtual machines—up to 1TB of RAM and ...

VMware on Tuesday unveiled a new virtual based licensing entitlement called vRAM, which pertains to the amount of physical memory configured to a virtual machine. Customers with vSphere Essentials, ...

VMware reported a drop in profit for the second quarter as businesses cut spending on new software amid the tough economy. Revenue was flat from the year before, at US$456 million, while net profit ...

A bug in VMware‘s newest software update has blocked corporate users from starting their virtualized servers Tuesday, according to reports filed by users in the U.S. and elsewhere. VMware confirmed ...