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Moving to IBM mainframes could cost less than VMware licences
A Gartner vice president and analyst said some VMware users may find it cheaper to move to IBM mainframes after Broadcom introduced a subscription-focused licensing policy. He cited cases where shifting from VMware to IBM made business sense when Broadcom requires customers to buy the full Cloud Foundation private cloud stack. He said mainframes offer built-in data synchronisation and high availability and can handle AI workloads.
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Dell Technologies adds Nutanix support on Dell Private Cloud
Dell Technologies said on Feb. 23 it will officially support Nutanix AHV on Dell Private Cloud. It said enterprises and institutions can pair Nutanix AHV with Dell external storage to expand servers and storage independently, maintain familiar management tools and automated lifecycle management, and protect existing investments in multi-hypervisor environments. The company said Dell Private Cloud has expanded support beyond VMware and Red Hat OpenShift to include Nutanix.
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Cisco to launch in-house hypervisor to cut solution customers\' reliance on VMware
Cisco will release its application-specific hypervisor, NFVIS-for-UC, within the current quarter. It targets companies seeking to virtualise Cisco communications solutions such as Unified Communications Manager (CUCM). Techzine reported the product provides an environment to run Cisco applications without VMware Cloud Foundation. Cisco has used VMware as a standard platform, but customer costs rose after Broadcom acquired VMware and pushed VCF bundles, driving demand for alternatives.
