Reduce your costs by up to 90%, rethink your infrastructure, and adopt a relevant and robust alternative to VMware
Since Broadcom's acquisition of VMware (a virtualization specialist) in November 2023, many companies have expressed concerns about pricing and contractual changes. 73% of CIOs anticipate an increase in VMware's pricing. Additionally, price hikes of up to fivefold have been observed, particularly impacting European companies.
In response to this situation, Alter Way, the leading infrastructure, cloud, and security services provider of the Smile group, supports your transition to more flexible and cost-effective solutions with its new offer, "Move From VMware."
Why consider an alternative to VMware?
- Cost Increases: significant price hikes are expected, with reported cases up to +1050%!
- License Changes: discontinuation of perpetual licenses in favor of subscriptions, increased minimum virtualization core requirements
- Reduced Innovation: refocusing on large accounts, staff reductions, potential slowdown in product innovation

Open source: a strategic opportunity for your organization
Choosing open-source solutions means:
- Technological Independence: avoid vendor lock-in and gain flexibility
- Significant Cost Reduction: up to 90% savings on licenses, with ROI in just a few months
- Increased Agility and Innovation: accelerate your digital transformation with modern, scalable technologies
- Enhanced Digital Sovereignty: by adopting European solutions, you contribute to European technological sovereignty, a priority highlighted by Minister Clara Chappaz (Minister Delegate for AI and Digital) during the Digital Sovereignty Evening held in Bercy last April
Our approach consists of 3 steps:
- Audit and recommendations: analysis of your current infrastructure, identification of optimization opportunities, and development of a personalized roadmap
- Transformation and migration: implementation of migration to suitable open-source solutions while ensuring business continuity
- Post-migration support: support, training, managed services, and continuous improvement to ensure the sustainability of your new infrastructure

Why choose us?
With nearly 20 years of experience in open-source infrastructures, we offer:
- Recognized expertise: mastery of virtualization solutions (Proxmox, KVM, oVirt), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift), and automation (Ansible, Terraform)
- Agnostic approach: tailored solutions adapted to your specific needs
- Comprehensive support: from initial audit to managed services, including training for your teams