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Effective April 7, 2021, expanded cloud workload protection capabilities are available from VMware that deliver security for containers and Kubernetes. Container security challenges include open-source risks, the ephemeral nature of containers, and misaligned security and DevOps teams. VMware Carbon Black Cloud Container builds security into the continuous integration and delivery
Many enterprises are evaluating hybrid and multi-cloud architectures as part of their application modernization strategy. VMware has long supported customers in these journeys through strong relationships with public cloud providers. VMware Tanzu editions include several capabilities to help enterprises manage the inevitable security, compliance, and governance changes that come up
Effective February 4, 2021, VMware vRealize Operations 8.3 is generally available with the following new features: Cloud Management Assessment: expands assessment from being focused on just vSphere (like the vSphere Optimization Assessment (VOA)) to broader business use cases Pathfinder: collection of educational material Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2: ability
Effective September 29, 2020, the Microsoft Azure VMware solution is generally available (GA). This enables customers to seamlessly move VMware-based workloads from their data centers to Azure and integrate their VMware environment with Azure. From a licensing perspective, customers running Microsoft Windows Server and SQL Server workloads can use the
VMware announced the end of availability of vSphere Platinum, Cloud Foundation Platinum, and vCloud Suite Platinum product editions. Effective April 2, 2020 the Platinum portfolio is no longer available for purchase. VMware continues to support the components of the above bundles through their respective published support periods, which you find
Effective April 2, 2020, VMware will be updating its per-CPU licensing model to align more closely to the industry standard of licensing software based on CPU cores as a main licensing metric. This means that VMware uses the per-CPU licensing model while requiring one license covering CPUs with up to
On March 2, 2020, VMware instituted some price increases for a limited set of offerings, including a number of VMware Professional Services offerings, such as VMware Technical Account Manager Services and Consulting Services. Beginning April 2, 2020 prices will increase on VMware vRealize Suite and associated bundles (perpetual products only).
VMware announced the End of Availability of VMware vRealize Automation Standard Edition, effective December 2, 2019; it will no longer be available for purchase. VMware will continue to support this product through April 11, 2022. Refer to the Product Lifecycle Matrix for the latest updated dates: https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/support/product-lifecycle-matrix.pdf.
The End of General Support for vSphere 6.0 is March 12, 2020. This includes the following releases: vCenter Server 6.0, vCenter Update Manager 6.0, ESXi 6.0, Site Recovery Manager 6.0 and 6.1, vSAN 6.0, 6.1 and 6.2, vSphere Data Protection 6.0 and 6.1 and vSphere Replication 6.0 and 6.1. To
From February to April 2024, Microsoft has introduced a variety of new frontline worker licenses. Most of them are Microsoft Intune-related. These join the additions from January 2024. New Frontline Worker licenses All new additions are licensed as User Subscription Licenses (USL). Hence, each user accessing these services or
Effective April 1, 2024, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Premium is available. It gives new demand planning capabilities for Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management powered by Copilot. What is Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Premium? Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Premium is a version of Microsoft
On December 11, 2023, VMware was acquired by Broadcom. With this, major changes in licensing were made. VMware has reduced the number of offerings and has transitioned their bundles to subscriptions. In this article, we want to give you an overview of the new licensing models of VMware. Also, find
