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Posts Tagged ‘ Licensing ’And we are Worried About VMware’s Licensing?
I was reading through a recent article about the new Java 7 release, which contradicts Oracle's current support statement with respect to licensing. The License from Oracle exclusively states Java 7 is only supported on those hypervisors Oracle currently supports: Oracle VM, VirtualBox, Solaris Containers, and Solaris LDOMs except where noted. That last phrase is… Could the new vSphere vRAM Pricing Slow Down Virtualizing Business Critical Applications?The single most dangerous part of this new pricing (to VMware) is rooted in the following fact. What is left to virtualize is very different from what has been virtualized to date. If what VMware has done is change its licensing around to replace one metric (cores) with another (vRAM) in a manner that would… Licensing: Pools and Architecture Changes?
In the past, virtualization architects and administrators were told the best way forward is to buy as much fast memory as they could afford as well as standardize on one set of boxes with as many CPUs as they dare use. With vRAM Pool licensing this type of open-ended RAM architecture will change as now… vSphere 5 – Did VMware Misjudge its Licensing Changes?
Well, as much fun as it is to express outrage at any vendor with the temerity to change its licensing mechanism, VMware's new system isn't as bad as many have made out. Now that the true impact of changes are beginning to be understood saner heads are starting to prevail. Microsoft relaxes licensing rules to elevate its customers to the cloudMicrosoft is making changes to its licensing policies to provide enterprise customers with a fast track to the cloud. The changes dubbed "License Mobility" announced at the Microsoft Hosting Summit in March this year,will move will allow customers with Software Assurance to move their applications to a cloud services provider without paying a premium for… VMware View Client and Citirix Receiver for iPad – truly free of charge?VMware View users along with Citirix XenDesktop and Quest vWorkspace have an iPad client for their respective solutions. Personal device use may seem appealing in reducing the demands on IT support - but to fully comply with the license agreements can incur additional license charges, and those charges are difficult to manage. Despite the advertising… ITaaS: Managing Software Costs within Hybrid CloudsManaging licensing and utilization costs is a mess today in the physical world. Introducing elastic scaling of workloads into a hybrid private/public cloud introduces new uncertainties and new software licensing metering and compliance issues. This is particularly true in the case of enterprise applications which are licensed by the enterprise from the software vendor and… Microsoft’s new Client Access License snubs desktop virtualizationA change to the Microsoft Client Access License (CAL) bundle is a rare event - the last time it happened was about 10 years ago; so any change to the CAL bundle has to be seen as a significant indicator of Microsoft's core values. Or so you would think. Assuming that is right, last week's… Licensing VDI for Microsoft Desktops – is it rocket science?
Given all the past ingenuity and accomplishment why is it, in 2011, the mere task of assigning valid licenses to desktop virtualisation should appear an arcane process? How do different virtualization models impact how you license your desktop services? What are the current licensing models and do they apply in all instances of desktop virtualisation?… |
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