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vSphere upgrades are not near the top of VMware's to-do list
Nor is its Arm port
VMware Explore28 Aug 2025 | 3
vSphere
vSphere VM management tool VMware flagship product.
Broadcom terminates VMware's free ESXi hypervisor
Certain licenses still allow tinkerers to taste the vStack. Whether they want to is another matter
Virtualization13 Feb 2024 | 59
Broadcom halves subscription price for VMware's flagship hybrid cloud suite
+Comment Also kills perpetual licenses, adds a vSphere bundle for smaller users
Virtualization12 Dec 2023 | 17
SmartNICs haven't soared so VMware will allow retrofits in old servers
Explore vSphere to also add support for PCIe cards packed with CXL RAM to give boxes a boost, faster vCenter upgrades, and more
Virtualization24 Aug 2023 | 10
VMware’s vSphere 8 Update 1 debuts under revised product release regime
vCentre will go straight to GA while vSphere still does a two-step tango
Virtualization19 Apr 2023 | 4
VMware adds subscription version of basic vSphere for server consolidation
Why, when standard version costs a mere $1,349? Cloudy multi-premises management, perhaps
Virtualization15 Dec 2022 | 8
BROADER TOPICS
VMware acknowledges the wisdom of never buying version 1.0 of a product
To get you upgrading faster, vSphere will now be released for Initial Availability before reaching General Availability
Virtualization10 Oct 2022 | 5
VMware’s Amazonian incarnation drops requirement to run on dedicated hosts
VMware Explore vSphere users can start smaller without paying cluster-bucks
Virtualization02 Sep 2022 | 5
VMware offers cloudy upgrade lifeline to legacy vCenter users
But warns 'upcoming major release of vSphere' will break some plugins
Virtualization12 Aug 2022 | 9
VMware’s subscriptions start at 16 cores, prices won't be made public
Prepaid one-, three-, or five-year terms preferred for big bundles
Virtualization29 Jul 2022 | 29
VMware president sees some 'anxiety' at customers who've seen Broadcom at work
Virtzilla also thinks SmartNICs can ease your security concerns
Virtualization19 Jul 2022 | 19
VMware reveals vSphere-as-a-service – but not the price
Cloudy vSphere+ can manage multiple on-prem environments but not VMw-powered public clouds … for now
Virtualization28 Jun 2022 | 5
VMware walks back ban on booting vSphere from SD cards or thumb drives
Updated But in future won't certify servers that allow booting from removable media
Virtualization29 Apr 2022 | 14
Microsoft debuts System Center 2022
Shame it's not finished – Microsoft has promised more hybrid cloud capabilities are coming real soon now
Systems04 Apr 2022 | 6
VMware fixes vSphere release it pulled, sorts out Log4j while it's at it
Driver drama is done, new dev practices should prevent repeats, says Virtzilla
Virtualization28 Jan 2022 | 2
Biting the hand that feeds IT
