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VMware vSphere Overview

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What is VMware vSphere?

VMware vSphere is the enterprise workload platform. VMware vSphere brings the benefits of cloud to on-premises workloads. It supercharges performance with DPU and GPU based acceleration, enhances operational efficiency through the VMware Cloud Console, seamlessly integrates with add-on hybrid cloud services, and accelerates innovation with an enterprise-ready integrated Kubernetes runtime that runs containers alongside VMs.

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VMware vSphere is a free bare-metal hypervisor that virtualizes servers so you can consolidate your applications on less hardware.

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Broadcom
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1991
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San Jose, CA
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61,034 employees on LinkedIn®
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Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ: AVGO) is a global technology leader that designs, develops, and supplies a broad range of semiconductor, enterprise software and security solutions. Broadcom's category-leading product portfolio serves critical markets including cloud, data center, networking, broadband, wireless, storage, industrial, and enterprise software. Our solutions include service provider and enterprise networking and storage, mobile device and broadband connectivity, mainframe, cybersecurity, and private and hybrid cloud infrastructure. Broadcom is a Delaware corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. For more information, go to www.broadcom.com.

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5.0 out of 5
"Server management is now easier and streamlined"
We have multiple serves to manage, and VMware makes it a breeze to manage them all in one place.
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"Seamless Virtualization Excellence"
VMware has truly exceeded my expectations in providing a seamless virtualization experience. The user-friendly interface, robust features, and reli...
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"best Hypervisor"
overall easy usage, plenty of knowledge from vendor and partner, many features for every need,
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What do you like best about VMware vSphere?

I use it because it is really efficient and functional. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about VMware vSphere?

Maybe excessive updates , but is necessary . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is VMware vSphere solving and how is that benefiting you?

It's solving all my virtual environment management problems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about VMware vSphere?

Its very easy, all has integrated, or is possible to integrate to have it complete running ecosystem for virtualisation will all other needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about VMware vSphere?

Only what I dont dislike is that each extras is needed to install manualy that there isnt more integration automatisation and more user friendly interface with better overviews. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is VMware vSphere solving and how is that benefiting you?

Its solve all our problem and needes for our privat datacenter. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about VMware vSphere?

The functionality together with the easy user interface Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about VMware vSphere?

The license costs and that sometimes the interface can be laggy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is VMware vSphere solving and how is that benefiting you?

Creating lots of virtual servers in different isolated networks and resources. Also with the good integration with Veeam it performs automated backups and makes it easy to do restores. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about VMware vSphere?

Centralized management, automatization, easy of implementation, integration etc Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about VMware vSphere?

licensing model with subscription for small infrastructures Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is VMware vSphere solving and how is that benefiting you?

automatization and easy of management and implementation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about VMware vSphere?

ease of management, very intuitive to use resources Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about VMware vSphere?

At least in the version I use, the resources available on the web are not all available through the software Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is VMware vSphere solving and how is that benefiting you?

creating and managing virtual machines is very easy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about VMware vSphere?

It is a product that is widely adopted by companies worldwide and is considered a must-have if you are a serious contender in virtualizing your environment and infrastructure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about VMware vSphere?

At times the pricing can be confusing, particularly when they come up with a new release. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is VMware vSphere solving and how is that benefiting you?

It helps my customers maximize their infrastructure spend. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about VMware vSphere?

User friendly and useful all vSphere features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about VMware vSphere?

User list report from users and Groups from Single Sign on. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is VMware vSphere solving and how is that benefiting you?

VMware vSphere solves several key challenges related to data center and IT infrastructure management, offering benefits such as improved efficiency, scalability, and reliability. Here are some of the problems it addresses and how it can benefit an organization or an individual user. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about VMware vSphere?

It is simple to use, teach and it simplifiws VM management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about VMware vSphere?

The new licensing model. It negativly impacts slammer orgs using on prem environments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is VMware vSphere solving and how is that benefiting you?

It removes much of the hypervisor management burdon and vCenter is getting more and more streamlined in regards to ease of use and understand vs older versions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about VMware vSphere?

I live a few things most. First thing ease of Use. You can reduce TCO because You dont need extended team to maintennace vSphere. Second thing will be ease of integration and immplementation. You can do this by inetrnal team without 3rd party support and additional cost. Next thing will be good customer support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about VMware vSphere?

Cost in biger scale can be immportant and expert support with big scale immplementations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is VMware vSphere solving and how is that benefiting you?

ALL in one platform that covers day by day operations, infarstructure handling and security topicks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about VMware vSphere?

Stability, workflows, update process, functionalities overall, HA, DRS and vMotion in particular.

Easy implementation and maintenance, integration with VMware Cloud Director and NSX. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about VMware vSphere?

With the new licensing models, I'm forced to get a lot of components I don't need.

Customer support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is VMware vSphere solving and how is that benefiting you?

Along with VMware Cloud Director, allows my company to manage a multitenant cloud for our customers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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