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Cloud computing is not only changing how users access software applications; it's also upending the pricing model for software products. Fading fast are the days when software packages were sold ...
The subscription business model is a business model in which a customer must pay a recurring price at regular intervals for access to a product or service.The model was pioneered by publishers of books and periodicals in the 17th century, [1] and is now used by many businesses, websites [2] and even pharmaceutical companies in partnership with governments.
VMware LLC is an American cloud computing and virtualization technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California. [2] VMware was the first commercially successful company to virtualize the x86 architecture. [3] VMware's desktop software runs on Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS.
VMware Infrastructure is a collection of virtualization products from VMware. Virtualization is an abstraction layer that decouples hardware from operating systems. The VMware Infrastructure suite allows enterprises to optimize and manage their IT infrastructure through virtualization as an integrated offering.
Software industry business models include SaaS (subscription-based), PaaS (platform services), IaaS (infrastructure services), and freemium (free with premium features). Others are perpetual licenses (one-time fee), ad-supported (free with ads), open source (free with paid support), pay-per-use (usage-based), and consulting/customization services.
Other terms for perpetual access or similar trains of thought are 'post-cancellation access' and 'continuing access.' [2] [3] In the licensing of software products, a perpetual license means that a software application is sold on a one-time basis and the licensee can then use a copy of the software forever.
VMware vSphere (formerly VMware Infrastructure 4) is VMware's cloud computing virtualization platform. [ 2 ] It includes vCenter Configuration Manager, as well as vCenter Application Discovery Manager, and the ability of vMotion to move more than one virtual machine at a time from one host server to another.
VMware Workstation Pro (known as VMware Workstation until release of VMware Workstation 12 in 2015) is a hosted (Type 2) hypervisor that runs on x64 versions of Windows and Linux operating systems. [4] It enables users to set up virtual machines (VMs) on a single physical machine and use them simultaneously along with the host machine.