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Virtualization costs, licensing and support issues


As you move to a virtualized environment, virtualization licensing schemes as well as virtualization pricing and support can become central challenges affecting virtual machine performance, IT budgets and more. And indeed, virtualized environments change many of the operating principles that govern physical environments. Some vendors have made licensing and support terms for virtualized applications complex, sometimes requiring users to return applications to physical environments to receive support and also dictating high licensing fees for these virtualized server running their applications. Get news, technical advice and research on navigating virtualization licensing schemes; understanding virtualization pricing models (per CPU licensing, per-core licensing, per chip and per socket); managing and reducing licensing costs for a virtualized environment by writing rock-solid service-level agreements and using virtual server chargeback methods; and ensuring hardware and application support in virtualized environments, and research on virtualization compatibility concerns and challenges, including hardware and software support requirements, vendor requirements to support virtual machines and more.
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VMware Ready logo extended to software
SearchServerVirtualization.com | 17 Nov 2009
ARTICLE - As more software vendors support their applications running in virtual machines, VMware has extended its VMware Ready logo to these applications.
First major VMware vSphere update expected shortly
SearchServerVirtualization.com | 27 Oct 2009
ARTICLE - A VMware vSphere 4 update is on the way, and users hope it will include full Windows 7 support, particularly for the vSphere Client.
VMware reverses course on vSphere Enterprise Edition
SearchServerVirtualization.com | 15 Oct 2009
ARTICLE - After customer pushback, VMware will continue selling VMware vSphere Enterprise Edition.
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  EXPERT TECHNICAL ADVICE: 1 - 3 of 30
Virtualization comparison: Licensing and pricing guide
Submitted By: SearchServerVirtualization.com | 30 Oct 2009
TIP - Use this virtualization comparison guide to choose the best hypervisor for your organization based on virtualization licensing and pricing policies.
The top four Hyper-V virtualization problems that plague admins
05 Nov 2009
TIP - While Microsoft's Hyper-V R2 has made great strides, some problems still plague admins. Here are four issues with Hyper-V that continue to plague virtualization administrators.
VMware vSphere and vCenter licensing and pricing explained
23 Oct 2009
TIP - VMware vSphere 4 and vCenter Server is priced and licensed in various ways, depending on the size of the environment and the required functionality.
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Server consolidation and virtualization project planning guide
SearchServerVirtualization.com | 08 Jul 2009
GUIDE - Combining server consolidation with virtualization can boost server utilization and reduce power consumption. Here are strategies to maximize server consolidation project benefits.
Obtaining maximum ROI from virtualization
Realtimepublishers.com | 22 May 2008
BEST PRACTICES GUIDE - Virtualization cost-saving strategies targeted at hardware, infrastructure, software and utilities increase the ROI of an implementation within the first six months.
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VMware vSphere Enterprise Edition gets reprieve
Published by: SearchServerVirtualization.com | 16 Oct 2009
PODCAST - VMware won't force users to upgrade to vSphere Enterprise Plus Edition. The company has decided not to discontinue vSphere Enterprise Edition after all.
Microsoft software licensing approach puts kibosh on VM live migration
Published by: SearchServerVirtualization.com | 25 Sep 2009
PODCAST - Microsoft licensing restricts live migration of virtual machines. But hopefully that will change with the release of Hyper-V R2.
Oracle virtualization licensing, pricing still prohibitive
Published by: SearchServerVirtualization.com | 14 Aug 2009
PODCAST - Oracle issues new VM templates, but its virtualization licensing still leaves much to be desired. Hear more on this edition of This Week in Virtualization.
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Microsoft Hyper-V vs. VMware ESX cheat sheet
SearchSystemsChannel.com | 16 Mar 2009
CHEAT SHEET - This Microsoft Hyper-V vs. VMware ESX cheat sheet offers resources, including tips, chapter excerpts, news, blogs, special reports and FAQ guides.
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