It was a unique year for #VMware for two reasons: #NSX and #Dell. VMware continued its efforts to integrate NSX into multiple product stacks. VMware bet big on NSX and the product could become a core part of the software-defined data center. The portability and security it offers enables a level of flexibility customers simply couldn't imagine before NSX. While NSX is ideal for everyone, pricing and licensing put it out of reach of SMBs. VMware recognized this and introduced new NSX tiers in 2016, which was a nice step forward for the company. Dell's purchase of #EMC is a bit more complex. It's neither a step forward nor a step backward -- it's more like a side step for VMware. While VMware is a public company, it's hard to ignore the fact that Dell now owns a large chunk of VMware. Over the past few years, Dell made several data center-centric purchases with #Wyse, #Quest Software and #Compellent. If Dell lets VMware be VMware, it could succeed, provided VMware finds a way to stop the current exodus of executives and high-end technologists. While the needle moves forward with certain products, such as NSX and #VSAN, VMware cloud services stalled a bit with vCloud Air. To VMware's credit, the focus change to AWS should give them -- and customers -- a boost in VMware cloud services. While it won't completely offset declining #vSphere revenue, the AWS deal and updates to NSX helped VMware finish 2016 strong.
http://searchvmware.techtarget.com/feature/VMware-cloud-services-remain-a-concern-following-2016
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