Text settings Story text Size Small Standard Large Width * Standard Wide Links Standard Orange * Subscribers only \u00a0\u00a0Learn more Minimize to nav VMware customers face multiple obstacles as they rethink their virtualization strategy to reduce dependence on VMware. Today, Rimini Street published its \u201c2026 IT Virtualization Survey \u2013 What\u2019s Next for VMware Users.\u201d The survey examined 300 organizations worldwide that use VMware. Notably, Rimini sells third-party support for VMware and other software, including Oracle and SAP. That means there\u2019s an incentive for Rimini to portray VMware users as experiencing obstacles.<\/p>\n
However, the survey was also conducted by a third-party research company, Unisphere Research, and the results align with other recent reports about VMware customers. For example, 90 percent of participants in Rimini\u2019s survey said they\u2019re exploring VMware alternatives due to VMware\u2019s higher licensing costs, while 54 percent pointed to Broadcom killing support for perpetual license holders. Since Broadcom took over VMware, customers have said that their VMware costs increased by as much as 1,000 percent, with many more pointing to more modest price hikes of around 100 to 300 percent. In Rimini\u2019s survey, 73 percent of participants pointed to cost savings as a top priority in their virtualization roadmap decisions. \u201cSignificant barriers\u201d In today\u2019s announcement, Rimini pointed to \u201csignificant barriers to progress\u201d for organizations exploring virtualization options, with the most cited barriers being operational complexity (named by 40 percent of respondents), multi-vendor management challenges (38 percent), securing the increased attack surface (37 percent), and team skills requirements (37 percent). \u201cThese findings suggest that while organizations are actively pursuing change, they are also looking for ways to reduce risk and avoid unnecessary disruption,\u201d Rimini\u2019s announcement said.<\/p>\n
Broadcom\u2019s takeover has spotlighted the challenges of being overly reliant on a single vendor. \u201cMany clients are looking \u2026 at this [as] a wake-up call to how dependent they had become on a single vendor and are looking for more diversity in their on-premises environments,\u201d Tony Harvey, a senior director analyst at Gartner, previously told Ars, referring to Broadcom\u2019s acquisition. Rimini reported that 60 percent of the organizations it surveyed are considering a multi-hypervisor strategy, which is indicative of \u201cgrowing interest in more flexible, mixed environments that support both operational and financial goals.\u201d \u201cIn addition, 47 percent are favoring a hybrid IT virtualization environment consisting of hypervisors and containers for \u2018best of both worlds\u2019 workload placement,\u201d the announcement said. Rimini noted that 48 percent of respondents aren\u2019t planning to move any of their assets to VMware\u2019s hybrid cloud platform, Cloud Foundation. \u201cThe trend shows increasing diversification in enterprise virtualization strategies with a longer-term transition toward bespoke, multi-platform IT virtualization environments. As organizations reevaluate their paths to modernization, they are increasingly adopting approaches that combine on-premises infrastructure, private cloud, public cloud and alternative hypervisors to support workload flexibility, operational efficiency and better cost control,\u201d the announcement says.<\/p>\n
In its \u201cMagic Quadrant for Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure\u201d released last month, Gartner predicted that 55 percent of enterprises will make \u201cproofs of concept for alternative distributed hybrid infrastructure products to replace their VMware-based deployments and embrace hybrid cloud infrastructure delivery\u201d by 2029, which is an increase from 25 percent in 2026. In a statement today, Joe McKendrick, lead analyst at Unisphere Research, pointed to interest among VMware users to do more than just replace their virtualization vendor. \u201c[The survey] reflects a broader effort by enterprises to reduce dependency on a single provider, maintain continuity for mission-critical systems and modernize at a pace that fits their own business requirements,\u201d he said. \u201cFor many organizations, that means balancing support for existing environments with new investments designed to improve resilience, security and scalability over time.\u201d Scharon Harding Senior Technology Reporter Scharon Harding Senior Technology Reporter 5 Comments Comments Forum view Customize<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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