VMware exit and migration business case
The move of VMware to per-core subscription makes your renewal date your decision date; a datacenter exit or a migration has to go through the committee. We price every outcome on the same scope, the same horizon and the same full cost, application by application.
This is your situation if
- The VMware renewal quote is on the table, or arrives within two years
- A datacenter exit or the end of a colocation lease is approaching
- The provider's business case looks too good to you
- Your investment committee asks for an independent figure
Format
Fixed scope, entry: one week of scoping: reading of the quote, inventory, choice of scenarios, data request.
Fixed scope, study: usually 6 to 8 weeks for a first decision, then 3 to 4 weeks to base it on your actual invoices.
People: a FinOps consultant and a cloud architect, in co-delivery when needed.
Independence: a study is a fixed fee set before it starts; any relationship with a compared provider is declared in the decision memo.
Five outcomes and a reference, priced at the same level
Optimized status quo
The same platform on a reduced base: always computed, otherwise any alternative wins on paper.
Stay and renegotiate
The contract moves to a per-core subscription; we prepare the renegotiation file.
Change hypervisor on site
For example Nutanix, Hyper-V or Azure Local, Proxmox VE, OpenShift Virtualization.
Host the same VM model at a hyperscaler
Azure VMware Solution, Google Cloud VMware Engine, Amazon EVS, or an HCI solution on bare metal instances.
Migrate to the public cloud
VMs converted into instances sized on usage, databases to managed services.
Decommission or replace with a service
To handle first: it reduces the base of every other path.
Already quantified in the field: a migration to the public cloud and an HCI solution hosted on bare metal instances. The other destinations are compared as scenarios, on the same criteria. The detail of the outcomes, the model and the grid: the decisions method.
A decision you can defend before your finance department
Three scenarios or more over five years
Optimized status quo, rebalanced hybrid, full migration, and the outcome you are aiming for.
A full cost per application
The current estate consolidated by platform and by application, hosting and energy included.
The calendar of renewal dates
Contracts, notice periods, hardware refresh, end of support; and a renegotiation file if you stay.
A decision memo
Four or five figures and three messages for your CIO and your finance department, with sourced assumptions.
The same rigor, at your scale
By entity and by application
With your procurement team and your finance department; migration waves decided on a comparable TCO.
Large enterprisesThree scenarios, one decision
A smaller estate, the same rigor, a shorter study.
SMEs and scale-upsPrice your exit offers
Hosting providers and IT services firms: the VMware outcomes for your hosted offers and for your clients, in co-delivery.
IT service providersOn-premises and cloud costs brought together by application
Frequently asked questions
Do you have a platform to sell us?
No. We resell neither infrastructure nor licenses, and the migration itself is executed by your integrator. The model is delivered to you with its sourced assumptions, so that a third party can cross-check it.
We are a hosting provider. Is this for us?
Yes: the overhaul of the VCSP program changes your model. We price the outcomes for your hosted offers, in co-delivery or under your brand: see IT service providers.
Your VMware quote deserves a second opinion
Thirty minutes to read your renewal date, your estate and the scenarios worth pricing.