VMware spills the beans on vRAM U-turn

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Virtualisation giant opens up on its about-turn on controversial "vtax"

VMware has defended its U-turn on its vRAM memory licence cap, and insisted that any negative impact the short-lived model had on its SMB business was negligible. The vendor had stayed tight-lip...

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