Rising licensing costs, new contract models and increasing vendor dependency: Is VMware still the right choice for your business? Proxmox offers a compelling alternative. However, a successful platform transition requires more than a migration – it requires a clear strategy.
Virtualisation is the foundation of many IT infrastructures. It supports business-critical applications, databases and core business systems. At the same time, the commercial landscape surrounding VMware is changing. For many organisations, this raises an important question: Does the balance between cost, performance and actual business requirements still make sense?
For Swiss SMEs in particular, it is worth taking a critical look at existing solutions and exploring potential alternatives.
Proxmox: Greater Flexibility, Less Licensing Pressure
As a long-standing Proxmox partner, BWO Systems AG has extensive experience with the capabilities of this open-source virtualisation platform. Proxmox VE brings virtual machines and containers together within a centralised management interface, offering businesses a flexible alternative to traditional licensing models.
The key benefits of Proxmox:
-Cost efficiency: Proxmox's licensing model provides an attractive foundation for optimising virtualisation costs.
-Reduced vendor dependency: An open platform gives businesses greater freedom to shape their long-term IT strategy.
-Flexible management: Virtual machines and containers can be managed centrally.
-Enterprise-grade capabilities: Clustering, high availability and suitable storage solutions enable powerful, resilient IT infrastructures.
-Long-term planning certainty: Businesses can align their virtualisation platform more closely with their specific requirements.
We particularly recommend that Swiss SMEs seriously consider a move to Proxmox – especially when rising VMware costs are becoming increasingly difficult to justify against the functionality actually required.
However, licensing costs alone should not determine the decision. What matters is the total cost of ownership, including hardware, support, backup and ongoing operations.
The Right Virtualisation Solution Starts with Your Business
Our philosophy is simple: Technology should serve your business, not dictate its direction. As a virtualisation specialist, BWO Systems AG provides independent, solution-oriented consultancy. We take a holistic view of your requirements, evaluate different technologies and clearly demonstrate which solution best meets your technical, financial and strategic objectives.
Whether Proxmox VE, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix Hypervisor, XenServer, Nutanix or Red Hat – we understand the different approaches and help you make the right decision for your IT infrastructure. Importantly, not every existing environment needs to be replaced. VMware may still be the right solution for your organisation. The deciding factor is which platform will deliver the greatest long-term value to your business.
A Platform Transition Involves More Than a Technical Migration
Moving virtual machines from one platform to another is only part of the process. Applications, interfaces, networks, backups, security and recovery capabilities must continue to operate reliably after the transition.
That is why every successful migration begins with a thorough assessment:
-Which systems are business-critical, and how do they depend on one another?
-What are the requirements for availability, security and performance?
-How will backup and recovery be ensured?
-What level of downtime is acceptable?
-Will the transition deliver financial benefits in the long term?
After all, cost savings only create genuine value if security, stability and operational reliability are maintained.
End-to-End Support Beyond the Migration
As your IT partner, we do more than manage the technical transition. We assess your entire infrastructure and consider the requirements of ongoing operations from the very beginning.
Our approach covers:
Our commitment is to deliver an IT infrastructure that not only meets today's needs but also remains cost-effective, secure and adaptable in the long term.
Discover Your Virtualisation Potential
Facing rising licensing costs or an upcoming contract renewal? Take the opportunity to reassess your virtualisation strategy.
BWO Systems AG helps you identify the solutions that best suit your business. We analyse your current environment, compare suitable platforms and provide a sound basis for decision-making – considering technical requirements, financial implications and long-term operational needs.
Let's explore the opportunities your IT infrastructure has to offer. Contact us for a no-obligation consultation.
The right platform is not necessarily the most widely known or the least expensive – it is the one that best supports your business.
