Shifting to the multi-cloud: VMware has adapted to work-from-anywhere model

Virtualisation software creates a virtual machine that acts like a real computer. This helps companies cut information technology costs by saving on server and storage space

VMware, which makes virtualisation software, is increasingly delivering the software in a model that will suit the new normal, where both employees and customers are getting used to functioning in a work-from-anywhere system.
 
A lot of the company’s offerings were earlier delivered in a traditional on-premise, perpetual licensing model. But now the firm is shifting to a subscription SaaS world, says VMware India Managing Director and Vice-president Pradeep Nair.
 
“We brought virtualisation as a technology to the industry. That happened really quickly. And then we expanded, to do the same thing with storage and network. And then we