With the release of vSphere 4.1, VMware has released a new licensing model.

The management products below change from a CPU-based pricing model to one that is VM-based.

• VMware vCenter CapacityIQ;
• VMware vCenter AppSpeed;
• VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager;
• VMware vCenter Chargeback.

Until December 15th these product can be offered both ways, CPU-, or VM-based.

As of today VMware vCenter Lifecycle Manager is end-of-sale.

This new licensing model has no impact on VMware vSphere licensing!

Today at VMWorld Europe 2009 in Cannes VMware introduced their strategy for the coming years.  Chargeback, CapacityIQ, Orchestrator, ConfigControl and self service are a couple of the building blocks that create the foundation for the next level in the virtualization game.

vCenter Chargeback as part of the management vServices. vCenter Chargeback enables automated tracking of costs and chargeback to the business enabling IT to function as a utility with true visibility into operating costs.

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Yesterday I was browsing the VMware site when I stumbled upon a product announcement for new product in 2009. These new products include:

• VMware Fault Tolerance
• VMware VMSafe
• VMware vNetwork Distributed Switch
• VMware vCenter CapacityIQ
• VMware vCenter Data Recovery
• VMware vCenter ConfigControl
• VMware vCenter Orchestrator
• VMware vCenter Chargeback
• VMware vCenter AppSpeed

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