Nutanix and the 'messy middle' of the subscription software model

John Leonard
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The hyperconvergence vendor moved from selling hardware to subscription software and took a hit to revenues in the process

Moving to a new licensing model always carries a degree of risk. For hyperconvergence vendor Nutanix, the change to a subscription software vendor was more radical than for the many software vendor...

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