{"id":233391,"date":"2026-06-16T22:11:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T22:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/year-of-free-hpe-software-a-step-in-the-correct-direction-in-vmware-rivalry\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T22:11:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T22:11:15","slug":"year-of-free-hpe-software-a-step-in-the-correct-direction-in-vmware-rivalry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/year-of-free-hpe-software-a-step-in-the-correct-direction-in-vmware-rivalry\/","title":{"rendered":"Year of free HPE software a \u201cstep in the correct direction\u201d in VMware rivalry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Hewlett Packard Enterprise\u2019s (HPE) new virtualization software promotion will likely pique the interest of end users and resellers who are unhappy with Broadcom&#8217;s pricing of VMware.<\/p>\n<p>During its HPE Discover event in Las Vegas this week, HPE announced that customers could use its \u201cHPE Morpheus Software\u2014VM Essentials\u201d offering for free for \u201cup to one year,\u201d per a press release. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hpe.com\/us\/en\/morpheus-software\/virtualization.html\">HPE\u2019s website<\/a> describes its virtualization platform as a \u201cVMware alternative.\u201d It includes a hardware virtual machine (HVM) hypervisor and unified management and lets users &#8220;manage VMware ESXi and HVM clusters from one console and migrate when you\u2019re ready,\u201d HPE\u2019s website says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew VM Essentials customers can receive up to one free year of licenses for VM Essentials, a year of HPE Zerto for $1 to support\u00a0non-disruptive\u00a0migration to HPE virtual machines, and 0 percent interest on software through HPE Financial Services,\u201d HPE\u2019s announcement reads, referring to HPE\u2019s group for helping IT teams manage funding.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2026\/06\/hpe-tempts-vmware-users-partners-with-year-of-free-virtualization-software\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2026\/06\/hpe-tempts-vmware-users-partners-with-year-of-free-virtualization-software\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hewlett Packard Enterprise\u2019s (HPE) new virtualization software promotion will likely pique the interest of end users and resellers who are unhappy with Broadcom&#8217;s pricing of VMware. 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