{"id":270521,"date":"2026-09-04T17:35:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T17:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/trust-not-features-is-the-real-deficit-vmware-tries-to-appease-smbs\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T17:35:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T17:35:02","slug":"trust-not-features-is-the-real-deficit-vmware-tries-to-appease-smbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/trust-not-features-is-the-real-deficit-vmware-tries-to-appease-smbs\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cTrust, not features, is the real deficit\u201d: VMware tries to appease SMBs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>For many small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMBs), VMware has become too expensive.<\/p>\n<p>Broadcom\u2019s acquisition of the virtualization firm brought the end of <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2025\/07\/some-vmware-perpetual-license-owners-are-unable-to-download-security-patches\/\">perpetual license sales<\/a> and the arrival of pricey, stacked, subscription-based bundles that priced out many SMBs.<\/p>\n<p>The most obvious is VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), VMware\u2019s flagship private cloud bundle that has been Broadcom\u2019s primary focus since taking over VMware. Many SMBs find that VCF is unaffordable and stuffed with unnecessary offerings. However, numerous customers have reported online that VMware sales representatives have still pushed them toward VCF, with some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/vmware\/comments\/1oibvst\/vsphere_standard_discontinued_impact_on_smbs\/\">claiming<\/a> that sales reps have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/vmware\/comments\/1lehpai\/broadcom_vsphere_standard_end_of_sale_july_31_2025\/\">told them<\/a> that the lower-priced edition of VMware\u2019s virtualization platform, vSphere Standard, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/vmware\/comments\/1qwbeaa\/no_more_vsphere_standard_v8_licenses_and_vvf\/\">no longer available<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2026\/09\/trust-not-features-is-the-real-deficit-vmware-tries-to-appease-smbs\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2026\/09\/trust-not-features-is-the-real-deficit-vmware-tries-to-appease-smbs\/#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>For many small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMBs), VMware has become too expensive. Broadcom\u2019s acquisition of the virtualization firm brought the end of perpetual license sales and the arrival of pricey, stacked, subscription-based bundles that priced out many SMBs. The most obvious is VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), VMware\u2019s flagship private cloud bundle that has been Broadcom\u2019s primary focus since taking over VMware. 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