Solutions Architect and project manager at MIB leipzig
Real User
2021-10-13T23:56:00Z
Oct 13, 2021
It's not always easy to find the information you need. You must have a lot of technical experience to find the right location for what you're implementing within the program.
I think that the service could be improved by simplifying the pricing model. It does not seem to need to be so complex. It should be easier to interpret so that costs are more predictable. As far as actual functionality or additional features, integration with the other VMware toolsets would be beneficial.
The problem with VMware is the price. Most of our customers don't use the user interface to create and orchestrate resources. I think that in most cases the customer would like to use third-party automatization tools. It would be a good idea for VMware to be compatible with the most popular orchestration tools in the market.
Solutions Architect and project manager at MIB leipzig
Real User
2020-02-16T08:27:00Z
Feb 16, 2020
It's not so easy to come up with improvements, there are some architectural rules and in HPE Cloud solutions they are very difficult to implement because you have an open spec. There are some things in the blueprint development that could be easier but that's my experience on using the 7.6 solution, not on the 8.0 solution. For additional features, I will only be able to answer this once the solution is in production. For now we only have a POV in place but we will be switching that in the coming weeks.
Network & Systems Senior Analyst at NTT Data India Enterprise Application Services Pri
Real User
2020-01-12T12:02:00Z
Jan 12, 2020
I would like to have an easy way of modifying the reference data that is used for the purposes of estimating the total billing. All of the data is stored by VMware, and it contains information such as the price for 1GB or 1TB from each of the cloud providers. Sometimes the information does not match our commercial rates and we need this to be in line with our budget, or our investment in infrastructure. This solution integrates well with vCenter but we would like better integration with multiple solutions like Hyper-V. We need a cloud-agnostic platform because this is a costing tool, and we do not want to have a gap between the costing of public versus private, or on-premises clouds. As an example, for the same client, I may spin VMs on-premises, and also spin VMs on the cloud. They are for the same client but are on different platforms, and there should be a uniform price.
Expert Coordinator for Support of Data Centers at a energy/utilities company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
2019-09-12T09:06:00Z
Sep 12, 2019
We are satisfied with the functionality of this solution. Although there are not many areas that need improvement, perhaps, they could provide a better hardware database and the pricing of it. It is understood that you can't equalize the price of hardware for each country. There are some kinks to resolve with the Web GUI user interface, as it freezes at times. I would like to see some optimization of the user interface in the next release.
Central Public Administration Business Presale Manager at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
2019-07-16T05:40:00Z
Jul 16, 2019
I think it is a very good solution because the technology is very consolidated with third parties. VMware is a top solution for virtualizing infrastructure. If I have to suggest to someone to use a cloud platform technologies, I would suggest VMware or OpenStack for infrastructure, because with VMware you have a perfect way to have support for your issues. You also have a consolidated technology. With OpenStack, you have a cloud public platform like Amazon Web Services, because OpenStack is based on AWS philosophy. It is open so you're sure that in the future you can use the platform without problems and without locking.
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The product needs some investment in configuration. I would like to see better and more optimized configuration in the tool's future releases.
It's not always easy to find the information you need. You must have a lot of technical experience to find the right location for what you're implementing within the program.
I think that the service could be improved by simplifying the pricing model. It does not seem to need to be so complex. It should be easier to interpret so that costs are more predictable. As far as actual functionality or additional features, integration with the other VMware toolsets would be beneficial.
The knowledge base is not available for the engineers, which is something that needs to be improved. The documentation can be improved, as well.
The solution's private cloud is much too expensive. There should be an integration with the V center. They don't offer that yet, but they should.
The problem with VMware is the price. Most of our customers don't use the user interface to create and orchestrate resources. I think that in most cases the customer would like to use third-party automatization tools. It would be a good idea for VMware to be compatible with the most popular orchestration tools in the market.
It's not so easy to come up with improvements, there are some architectural rules and in HPE Cloud solutions they are very difficult to implement because you have an open spec. There are some things in the blueprint development that could be easier but that's my experience on using the 7.6 solution, not on the 8.0 solution. For additional features, I will only be able to answer this once the solution is in production. For now we only have a POV in place but we will be switching that in the coming weeks.
I would like to have an easy way of modifying the reference data that is used for the purposes of estimating the total billing. All of the data is stored by VMware, and it contains information such as the price for 1GB or 1TB from each of the cloud providers. Sometimes the information does not match our commercial rates and we need this to be in line with our budget, or our investment in infrastructure. This solution integrates well with vCenter but we would like better integration with multiple solutions like Hyper-V. We need a cloud-agnostic platform because this is a costing tool, and we do not want to have a gap between the costing of public versus private, or on-premises clouds. As an example, for the same client, I may spin VMs on-premises, and also spin VMs on the cloud. They are for the same client but are on different platforms, and there should be a uniform price.
We are satisfied with the functionality of this solution. Although there are not many areas that need improvement, perhaps, they could provide a better hardware database and the pricing of it. It is understood that you can't equalize the price of hardware for each country. There are some kinks to resolve with the Web GUI user interface, as it freezes at times. I would like to see some optimization of the user interface in the next release.
I think it is a very good solution because the technology is very consolidated with third parties. VMware is a top solution for virtualizing infrastructure. If I have to suggest to someone to use a cloud platform technologies, I would suggest VMware or OpenStack for infrastructure, because with VMware you have a perfect way to have support for your issues. You also have a consolidated technology. With OpenStack, you have a cloud public platform like Amazon Web Services, because OpenStack is based on AWS philosophy. It is open so you're sure that in the future you can use the platform without problems and without locking.