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An awesome idea, haven't encountered any businesses that use this approach but it would definitely have quite a few advantages. Most projects should probably av
by marcus 19y ago
An awesome idea, haven't encountered any businesses that use this approach but it would definitely have quite a few advantages. Most projects should probably avoid VMware as otherwise the cost of at least the most basic VMware license gets piled on top of each sale and at ~200USD that can be a significant increase.
But in any case it can be a great compromise between the clients issues of data privacy and response time versus the supplier tech support expenditures.
Would have upmodded twice if I could :)
- iamelgringo 19y agoThanks, I'd love to take credit for it, but there are at least a dozen companies that are already doing this: http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/directory/cat/131 http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/directory/cat/131 Tell you what, if you go with the idea and make a buhzillion, you can buy me a beer sometime. ;) As to the cost issue, adding $200 onto the purchase price of an enterprise appliance is peanuts. Most enterprise software sells in the $1000 - $100,000 range depending on what you're selling. In fact, you can charge even more for bundling it with VMware. "It's a feature!" Another plus for doing it this way, the very fact that you're using a virtual appliance makes your product buzzword compliant. "Virutualization" makes your product tre' cutting edge--very sexy for CIO types to talk about how they just spent $50,000 on the latest tech.
- wmf 19y agoVMware Server is free, so there's almost no tax on virtual appliances now.