Navigate VMware changes with ease thanks to SHI’s strategic assessment:
Stay aligned with Broadcom's VMware licensing changes — including the impact they'll have on your environment.
Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware has introduced significant changes to licensing constructs, subscription models, and product packaging. For many organizations, these shifts have added uncertainty to an already complex VMware environment — especially when it comes to renewals, budgeting, and long‑term infrastructure planning.
How SHI can help
We’ve designed our VMware Strategic Assessment to help organizations confidently navigate this evolving landscape. Rather than focusing on compliance enforcement, our assessment emphasizes visibility, governance, and decision support. We enable teams to understand what has changed, why it matters, and how to plan next steps with greater confidence.
A core element of the assessment is analyzing the operational impact of Broadcom’s move from CPU‑based to core‑based licensing. Our experts review how changes such as 16‑core minimums and high‑core processors translate into real‑world subscription requirements. By mapping these constructs to your environment, we help teams interpret licensing changes consistently across data centers and avoid assumptions that can complicate planning or renewal discussions.
We also provide much‑needed clarity around Broadcom’s updated VMware bundles and packaging. Our experts explain how offerings such as VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) and VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) differ, what components they include, and which legacy products are no longer available. This context helps you better understand your options and align platform decisions with operational and architectural goals.
Go into renewal season with confidence
To further support renewal and budgeting readiness, we review renewal calendars and develop assumption‑based what‑if scenarios using customer‑provided core counts and list price data. While these scenarios are not price guarantees or savings projections, they give stakeholders practical inputs to support internal budgeting discussions, renewal timing decisions, and executive conversations.
Designed for organizations running VMware in hybrid or multi‑cloud environments, our VMware Strategic Assessment helps IT, software asset management, procurement, and platform owners simplify complexity, strengthen governance, and move forward with a clear understanding of VMware licensing changes.
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