HPE Tempts VMware Users, Partners with Year of Free Virtualization Software

HPE tempts VMware users, partners with year of free virtualization software

Partner tells Ars that HPE should be giving out more free VM Essentials licenses.

HPE will let VMware users get a free year's license via its own tools

HPE is offering Morpheus VM Essentials free for the first year, with a $1 migration add-on, to get customers away from VMware.

Year of free HPE software a “step in the correct direction” in VMware rivalry

Hewlett Packard Enterprise's (HPE) new virtualization software promotion will likely pique the interest of end users and resellers who are unhappy with Broadcom's pricing of VMware. During its HPE Discover event in Las Vegas this week, HPE announced that customers could use its "HPE Morpheus Software-VM Essentials" offering for free for "up to one year," per a press release. HPE's website describes its virtualization platform as a "VMware altern…