Comments on: It’s Official – The Hypervisor is Now a Commodity http://www.chriswolf.com/?p=175 Not so random musings of a Gartner analyst Fri, 06 Aug 2010 04:11:42 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Jaycee http://www.chriswolf.com/?p=175&cpage=1#comment-16522 Jaycee Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:44:17 +0000 http://www.chriswolf.com/?p=175#comment-16522 Hi, Weird VMWare... on september 1st prices are going up 10% in France!!!! It will be really hard to understand, as many say prices will be cut down, and truth is all the other way round! Hi,

Weird VMWare… on september 1st prices are going up 10% in France!!!! It will be really hard to understand, as many say prices will be cut down, and truth is all the other way round!

]]> By: Chris http://www.chriswolf.com/?p=175&cpage=1#comment-16475 Chris Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:41:04 +0000 http://www.chriswolf.com/?p=175#comment-16475 Note: the folks at VMware asked me to note that my ESX Standard and Enterprise package prices also included one year of support (which is required by VMware). I made a small edit to the post to note that support costs are included in the prices that were listed. Note: the folks at VMware asked me to note that my ESX Standard and Enterprise package prices also included one year of support (which is required by VMware). I made a small edit to the post to note that support costs are included in the prices that were listed.

]]> By: ESXi to join Player and Server as Free VMware products | VM /ETC http://www.chriswolf.com/?p=175&cpage=1#comment-16413 ESXi to join Player and Server as Free VMware products | VM /ETC Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:19:43 +0000 http://www.chriswolf.com/?p=175#comment-16413 [...] There is no official announcement from VMware yet, but according to various sources from the virtualization community new VMware CEO Paul Maritz announced during the July 22 Q2 Earnings Call ESX3i will be available for free as early as July 28, 2008 (next week). Although predicted to potentially be released as a free hypervisor, ESX3i, now named ESXi, has been available from VMware since September 2007 for $495. A cheaper option for purchasing ESXi as of today is available by ordering select new server hardware models to ship with the hypervisor embedded. However, offering the bare metal ESXi for free in the future to VMware customers will certainly increase the number of installations in data centers of both small and medium businesses and enterprise organizations world wide. [...] [...] There is no official announcement from VMware yet, but according to various sources from the virtualization community new VMware CEO Paul Maritz announced during the July 22 Q2 Earnings Call ESX3i will be available for free as early as July 28, 2008 (next week). Although predicted to potentially be released as a free hypervisor, ESX3i, now named ESXi, has been available from VMware since September 2007 for $495. A cheaper option for purchasing ESXi as of today is available by ordering select new server hardware models to ship with the hypervisor embedded. However, offering the bare metal ESXi for free in the future to VMware customers will certainly increase the number of installations in data centers of both small and medium businesses and enterprise organizations world wide. [...]

]]> By: Alan Renouf http://www.chriswolf.com/?p=175&cpage=1#comment-16407 Alan Renouf Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:09:32 +0000 http://www.chriswolf.com/?p=175#comment-16407 Couldn't agree more, VMware already have the far superior product, to keep ahead they will need to reduce there costs more. Couldn’t agree more, VMware already have the far superior product, to keep ahead they will need to reduce there costs more.

]]> By: Conrey.org » Blog Archive » VMware ESX 3i to be free? http://www.chriswolf.com/?p=175&cpage=1#comment-16403 Conrey.org » Blog Archive » VMware ESX 3i to be free? Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:31:58 +0000 http://www.chriswolf.com/?p=175#comment-16403 [...] According to reliablesources VMware is going to announce the release of their hypervisor for free. ESX 3i is the embedded hypervisor that allows for OEMs to install the hypervisor and sell a ready to install in the data center version of ESX to customers. ESX 3i was announced last year at VMworld, and since then, people have been anxiously awaiting the ability to buy these quick to deploy solutions. [...] [...] According to reliablesources VMware is going to announce the release of their hypervisor for free. ESX 3i is the embedded hypervisor that allows for OEMs to install the hypervisor and sell a ready to install in the data center version of ESX to customers. ESX 3i was announced last year at VMworld, and since then, people have been anxiously awaiting the ability to buy these quick to deploy solutions. [...]

]]> By: RTFM Education » Blog Archive » ESX3i to become free? http://www.chriswolf.com/?p=175&cpage=1#comment-16388 RTFM Education » Blog Archive » ESX3i to become free? Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:27:34 +0000 http://www.chriswolf.com/?p=175#comment-16388 [...] http://www.chriswolf.com/?p=175 [...] [...] http://www.chriswolf.com/?p=175 [...]

]]> By: Rob McShinsky http://www.chriswolf.com/?p=175&cpage=1#comment-16333 Rob McShinsky Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:08:12 +0000 http://www.chriswolf.com/?p=175#comment-16333 All of these recent moves in a short period of time by VMWare seem to signal a little parnoia and give more viability to their competitors than they may actually deserve. I do agree however that in order to stay competitive they need to reduce prices on their more enterprise level products. This is a tough move however since it is their main product line and important to the revenue streams of their partners. Microsoft on the other hand has proven that they are willing to lose money on a product for years in order to gain marketshare. Is the Xbox finally in the black now? Rob All of these recent moves in a short period of time by VMWare seem to signal a little parnoia and give more viability to their competitors than they may actually deserve. I do agree however that in order to stay competitive they need to reduce prices on their more enterprise level products. This is a tough move however since it is their main product line and important to the revenue streams of their partners. Microsoft on the other hand has proven that they are willing to lose money on a product for years in order to gain marketshare. Is the Xbox finally in the black now?

Rob

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