Practical guides for IT professionals navigating vSphere, Broadcom licensing, migration options, and home lab builds. No vendor spin. No fluff.
Licensing costs jumped 10x overnight for thousands of organizations. Here's an honest breakdown of your options — stay, migrate, or negotiate — with no vendor bias.
VCF, vSphere Foundation, and what you're actually paying for now
Proxmox, Nutanix, Hyper-V, and OpenStack — honest pros and cons
How to push back on Broadcom and what actually works
Mini PCs with Intel NICs, 128GB RAM support, and NVMe storage — real hardware picks validated by William Lam and the VMware community.
vSphere Standard is dead as of July 31, 2025. Here's the real comparison between VVF and what replaced Standard — plus who should pay for it and who should walk away.
VCF vs VVF pricing, the 72-core minimum, real-world cost examples, and what your renewal quote actually means. Plain English, no vendor spin.
The fastest way to get certified and stay sharp. Here's the gear I recommend — tested in a real home lab.