GoKawiil
Tech News
A Rimini Street survey of 300 VMware-using organizations found 60% are considering a multi-hypervisor approach, while 47% favor combining hypervisors and containers to choose where workloads run. Respondents cited operational complexity (40%), multi-vendor management (38%), expanded attack surface and staff skills gaps (each 37%) as the main barriers to making such changes.
Rimini Street's '2026 IT Virtualization Survey,' conducted with Unisphere Research across 300 organizations, found that 90% of VMware users are looking at alternative virtualization options because of rising licensing costs, and 54% cited Broadcom's decision to end support for perpetual license holders. The survey also found 73% of respondents rank cost savings as a top priority, while many cite operational complexity, multi-vendor management, security exposure, and skills gaps as barriers to switching.