There’s a wide variety of VMware agreements and purchasing programs, often leaving their clients confused as to which option is best for them.

Our consultants can help to review all of your VMware contracts, providing you with a comprehensive assessment of your agreements, extracts from the VMware portal (product licenses, details and history report), and/or VMware Install Base Report (IBR). This delivers:

• A clear baseline of current license entitlements, support levels and legacy licenses
• Insights into license consolidation opportunities
• Potential issues from VMware’s ‘consistent coverage policy’
• Information around any unfavorable clauses that should be renegotiated
• License restrictions beyond the license metric and quantities that need to be adhered to

To fully understand your compliance with VMware, it is necessary to periodically review the estate.

Through our VMware ELP service, we will help you understand your environment by guiding you through the data collection process and providing an in-depth report detailing:

• The license consumption of your estate
• Any potential issues relating to your license key deployments
• Any potential issues relating to VMware’s ‘consistent coverage policy’

Combined with an in-depth contract review, you will receive a comprehensive ELP detailing the various risks and opportunities in line with VMware’s audit methodology, allowing you to address any upcoming audits with confidence.

Whether you have received a formal VMware Audit or have been approached by VMware at the end of your ELA to certify your license requirements, the process and data requests can be overwhelming.

Our service aims to help you through this process by:

• Clarifying the requests and the key data points so you are fully comfortable in sharing any requested data and at your own pace
• Ensuring that only the mandatory data points are shared (often the data requests encompass products and data requests beyond the agreed scope)
• Verifying any findings and claims made

Our VMware Renewal Support service seeks to combine various elements of the ELP and Contract Review services in order to provide you with a clear understanding of your renewal options, whether this is through an analysis of your existing estate, supporting an Enterprise License Agreement (ELA) exit and/or reviewing a VMware draft proposal.

It’s our goal to provide you with the information you require to make an informed decision regarding your renewal and to be able to accurately determine:

• Potential reductions in annual support (also known as support and subscription or SnS)
• The quantity of licenses required for a new project
• The quantity of licenses to be certified at the end of an ELA