Year of free #HPE software a “step in the correct direction” in #VMware rivalry
At #HPEDiscover, HPE announced customers could use its “HPE Morpheus Software—#VMEssentials” offering for free for “up to one year." HPE’s website describes its #virtualization platform as a “VMware alternative.” It includes a hardware virtual machine (HVM) hypervisor and unified management and lets users “manage VMware #ESXi and HVM clusters from one console and migrate when you’re ready.”
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/06/hpe-tempts-vmware-users-partners-with-year-of-free-virtualization-software/

#HPE offers #VMware refugees a year off the meter
HPE is taking advantage of VMware's expensive licensing changes by offering customers free use of its own #VMEssentials product for a year, plus a $1 license for its #Zerto data protection product to help ease migrations and framed them as a migration assistance program intended to arm channel partners who want to help customers reduce their financial risk when migrating #virtualization platforms.
https://www.theregister.com/virtualization/2026/06/15/hpe-offers-vmware-refugees-a-year-off-the-meter/5255460

#HPE lets loose #VMEssentials to run on third-party platforms
#GreenLake update dangles juicy carrot for VMware refugees
While HPE #virtualization was announced as an embedded technology within its #privatecloud platforms, HPE VM Essentials will also be available as a standalone version that can run atop third-party infrastructure as well as the company's own gear, indicating a potential appeal to disgruntled #VMware customers.
https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/20/hpe_vm_essentials_greenlake/