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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
Company Website
Year Founded
1991
HQ Location
San Jose, CA
Twitter
@broadcom
59,531 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
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61,034 employees on LinkedIn®
Ownership
NASDAQ: CA
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+1 800 225-5224
Total Revenue (USD mm)
$27,500,000,000
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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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Narendra A.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
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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?

The UI and features make it unparalleled in the virtual world Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about VMware vSphere?

Price is the main point we don't use it today Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Save money on hardware to manage workloads Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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easy of use and stability comparing with other soutions Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about VMware vSphere?

the new licening methodology which subscription based Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

making servers in a easy way , very stable and very modernized comparing with other solution Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Usability and stabilty of the product of course Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about VMware vSphere?

Price? :) joking but if it could be more low would be great Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

removing all hardware for servers, usability in backups and restore Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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The product is all enclusive an easy to administer Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about VMware vSphere?

The cost of the product is way to high with the broadcom acquisition Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

It is a platform that is allowing me to utilize a unified infrastructure Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about VMware vSphere?

Ability to managed more than one virtual machines. Ease to use and naviagte. Save cost and provides more efficiency. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about VMware vSphere?

Cannot think of any disadvantages of Vmware vSphere. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Cost savings. Provides ability to virtualize servers instead of having more physical servers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about VMware vSphere?

The ease of server deployments and the ability to change provisioning in the fly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about VMware vSphere?

Patching can sometimes be painful, but has gotten much better in later versions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

The ability to quickly spin up servers for POC or production deployments Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about VMware vSphere?

A great tool to manage your virtual infrastructure. It is a tool that is used daily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about VMware vSphere?

This cost and lic of Vmware is a little headache at the moment but I feel like that will get worked out in the next year or so. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

It can take your physical servers to a virtual enviroment. Which means alot less physical devices in your datacenter. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about VMware vSphere?

Stability, scalability and performance that allows for higher density in DC Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about VMware vSphere?

New licensing and forcing smaller companis to drop VMware Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Ability to span DC and move VMs between DCs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about VMware vSphere?

VMware vSphere has several standout features that make it a powerful solution for managing virtualized environments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about VMware vSphere?

Cost, complexity for begginers, licencing coplexity Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

VMware vSphere addresses several critical challenges in modern IT environments, providing a range of benefits that improve efficiency, scalability, and resource management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about VMware vSphere?

VMotion across clusters for resource availability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about VMware vSphere?

Management can be a daunting task if you support a large environment Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

The physical foot print within our datacenter has greatly reduced and provides adequate services for HA Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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