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VMware software lets you virtualize your computing, storage and networking systems and manage them all centrally. VMware products provide enterprise-class virtual machines that increase server utilization, performance, and system uptime, reducing the cost and complexity of delivering enterprise services. By leveraging your existing technology, VMware software enables the rollout of new applications with less risk and lower platform investments.

VMware product choices

HP Software Licensing & Management Solutions offers the entire VMware portfolio, with your choice of VMware or HP-branded support.

• VMware ESX Server — VMware ESX Server is virtual infrastructure software for partitioning, consolidating and managing servers in mission-critical environments. Ideally suited for enterprise data centers, ESX Server minimizes the total cost of ownership of computing infrastructure by increasing resource utilization, and its hardware-independent virtual machines encapsulated in easy-to-manage files maximize administration flexibility.
• VMware VirtualCenter — VMware VirtualCenter is virtual infrastructure management software for businesses that want to build cost-effective next-generation computing environments and optimized data centers. It provides a central point of control for your data center's virtual computing resources, driving flexibility, efficiency, and responsiveness.
• VMware P2V Assistant — VMware P2V Assistant is an enterprise-class migration tool that transforms an image of an existing physical system into a VMware virtual machine. It enables fast and reliable physical to virtual machine migration for heterogeneous Windows systems ranging from Windows NT 4 to Windows Server 2003.
• VMware Workstation — VMware Workstation is powerful desktop virtualization software for software developers, software testers, and enterprise IT professionals. It allows users to run multiple x86-based operating systems — including Windows, Linux, NetWare, and Solaris x86 — and their applications simultaneously on a single PC in fully networked, portable virtual machines. No rebooting or hard drive partitioning is required.
• VMware GSX Server — VMware GSX Server transforms physical computers into a pool of virtual machines by isolating operating systems and applications in multiple virtual machines that reside on a single piece of hardware.
• VMware Technology Network (VMTN) Subscription — Access a powerful suite of VMware products, support, and upgrades via a convenient, low-cost annual subscription. This is an ideal solution for anyone involved in software development and testing.
• VMware ACE — VMware ACE gives security administrators the ability to lock down PC endpoints and protect critical company resources against the risks posed by unmanaged PCs. Administrators can package an IT-managed PC within a secured virtual machine and deploy it to an unmanaged physical PC. Once installed, VMware ACE offers complete control of the unmanaged PC’s hardware configuration and networking capabilities, transforming it into an IT-compliant PC endpoint.

Pricing VMware solutions from HP

To provide a cost quote for VMware, HP Software Licensing & Management Solutions needs to know:

1. What product are you looking for?
2. How many CPUs?
3. Is this for Windows or Linux? (important for all GSX and workstation requests)
4. Would you like HP-branded or VMware-branded support?
5. What level of support (support is required for every license purchased): Gold 12x5 or Platinum 24x7? 1 or 3 year?
6. Are you an academic organization?