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VMware lashes out at AWS' 'biased' cost claims

17 June 2014 •

Amazon's new TCO comparison calculator 'doesn't come close' to comparing like for like, VMware claims

VMware has blasted cloud rival Amazon Web Services (AWS) for its new price-comparison tool which it claims uses "biased and inaccurate" calculations to make VMware's kit look more expensive than it...

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Broadcom tells partner negotiating for charity 'VMware is not for everybody'

“The statement that came back to me from Broadcom was, ‘We appreciate that with these changes VMware is not for everybody,’” says Tom Smyth, head of technical solutions as Misco. “Everyone else can use it. Broadcom is not going to gear its decisions towards them anymore. … I can appreciate that. I can respect their decisions. It’s not something I would do personally.”

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