Apple did not renew his contract with the supplier of VMware virtualization software.
The purpose of association Apple could save $ 20 million, according to a CRN Monday, citing sources close to the operation. The Cupertino company plans to deploy KVM, an open source code in VMware server virtualization.
Apple As if you use VMware?
Palo Alto-based VMware software will help companies that produce technology to run the data center parrot His long way more efficient scale.Apple uses the VMware server virtualization software and Manage the cloud to run for parrot aspects of IT infrastructure, according to the report. The agreement was signed in 2011 and renewed in the raw for two years in 2013. And 'clear eat much of the infrastructure of Apple, its top running VMware. Not notice is Apple is replacing its entire VMware, or if it took a partial renewal.
Why exit?
Apple may not have been satisfied with the VMware license terms and may want to take advantage of, free open source options that perform similar functions. Apple often uses free software, such as Apache Mesos run Siri. VMware is a $ 33 billion publicly traded, according to Business Insider, and earn money by charging high fees for licensing its software. Apple is currently expanding its cloud infrastructure to compete with cloud computing companies like Amazon Web Services, Google and Facebook. Using KVM open to save millions of dollars in licensing costs code could give Apple an advantage. Vmware Question Answers
How big a blow is this to VMware?
Free software is a serious threat to companies such as VMware. For this reason, the company has struggled collaborations, as with the open source platform Docker, to maintain its competitive product. But where does Apple, many other companies follow. If Apple deemed you unnecessary VMware, VMware are also other companies dump? According to the report, several VMware partners said that customers are looking for OpenStack and KVM to lower licensing fees VMware. While KVM is not known for being easy to use, Apple may feel that you can handle the software well enough to ignore the price tag of $ 20 million associated with VMware. If Apple succeeds and share their secrets, VMware could be in trouble.
