Navigating VMware and AWS Changes: Opportunities for Your Business

Change is inevitable in the ever-evolving landscape of cloud services. With Broadcom’s recent decision to end AWS's rights to sell VMware services—a change that might affect your cloud adoption strategy—we understand the importance of not feeling constrained by your technology choices.

As your partners in cloud innovation, Atlasticity is committed to keeping you ahead of the curve with the latest developments in the industry. In this newsletter, we will discuss what this change means for your business and explore the opportunities available to you.

Overview of Recent Changes

Broadcom's Decision: Broadcom has withdrawn AWS’s rights to sell VMware as of April 30th, which may impact current VMware license holders.

VMware Cloud on AWS: Moving forward, this will only be available directly from Broadcom or through an authorized Broadcom reseller.

Uncertainty with VMware Licenses: If your current VMware license has increased in cost, is under review, or if you have not received updates about the continuity of your services, you are not alone. Businesses are now exploring what these changes mean for their cloud strategy.?

This industry disruption is a perfect opportunity to explore new possibilities for your organization. AWS is responding proactively by increasing funding for partners to allocate towards migrating customers’ VMware workloads and enhancing support for Microsoft workloads. This ensures you have affordable and robust alternatives, backed by extensive support to transition smoothly.

Bottom Line: You Have Options

Customers with active one- or three-year VMware subscriptions that involve monthly payments will continue to be invoiced by AWS until the end of their subscription term. There will be no immediate change to the billing process. Your options moving forward include:

• Accepting price increases and a new subscription model at renewal.
• Moving to and learning a competing hypervisor (Nutanix, Hyper-V).
• Migrating to the cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP).

At Atlasticity, we believe in turning challenges into opportunities. This shift presents a chance to re-evaluate your current cloud strategy and explore more flexible, cost-effective, and powerful solutions available through AWS.?

Why Choose AWS?

With years of experience helping VMware customers at scale, you can expect optimized performance, enhanced security, significant cost-savings, and reliable options for migration and modernization to simplify your transition to the cloud.?

AWS has significantly increased its investment in supporting migrations from VMware to AWS. This funding helps offset the costs of migration and modernization, making the transition smoother and more affordable. Furthermore, AWS is expanding its investment and support for Microsoft workloads.

How Atlasticity Can Assist

Change can be challenging, but it doesn’t have to be disruptive. Here's how we can help you navigate the future of your cloud environment:?

Evaluate Your Current VMware Licensure:

For those with existing VMware licensing, whether you’re unsure of the future or have already seen changes, we’ll work with you to assess, clarify and guide you with specific options and clear, actionable steps tailored to your unique situation.

Whether you have not yet made a decision or had to buy time and renew, rest assured that new agreements have a termination for convenience clause. This means you can still exit the agreement early if desired, giving you the freedom to review options and learn a new system at your own pace.

Leverage Enhanced Partner Migration Funding Opportunities:

With AWS amplifying its investment in Microsoft solutions and Atlasticity’s Windows Workloads Service Delivery Competency, reliable and cost-effective alternatives are available to align with your business needs.

Strategic Support to Accelerate Transition:

Our team is adept at managing transitions with a proven process, ensuring a seamless shift to new platforms with minimal impact on your operations.

Continuous Optimization and Operational Efficiency:

• Expert Cloud Operations Team: Improve performance and mitigate risks with a team skilled in scaling, securing, and fine-tuning cloud infrastructures. This addresses the shortage of experienced engineers, allowing your team to focus on core business outcomes.
• Tailored Solutions: Our bespoke, consumption-based packages integrate enterprise tools for visibility, automation, cost optimization, security, and governance, maximizing your cloud infrastructure's potential.

Navigate Change with Confidence

You’re not alone in this journey. Now is the time to evaluate your options to prepare for the future without being backed into a corner by high renewal costs or limited solutions.?

At Atlasticity, we’re committed to providing you with the support and guidance you need to navigate these changes successfully. Let’s have a conversation about how you can ensure your infrastructure continues to support your business goals most effectively.?

Please schedule a one-on-one session with one of our certified practitioners to discuss what these changes mean for your organization and how we can help you navigate this shift with a complimentary VMware migration assessment.