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

John Leonard
clock • 3 min read

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...

To continue reading this article...

Join Computing

  • Unlimited access to real-time news, analysis and opinion from the technology industry
  • Receive important and breaking news in our daily newsletter
  • Be the first to hear about our events and awards programmes
  • Join live member only interviews with IT leaders at the ‘IT Lounge’; your chance to ask your burning tech questions and have them answered
  • Access to the Computing Delta hub providing market intelligence and research
  • Receive our members-only newsletter with exclusive opinion pieces from senior IT Leaders

Join now

 

Already a Computing member?

Login

You may also like
Amazon to invest £8 billion in UK datacentres

Datacentre

Brings planned investment to £14b by 2028

clock 11 September 2024 • 2 min read
Why do you need an AI PC strategy?

Artificial Intelligence

And how do you accelerate it once you have one?

clock 04 September 2024 • 2 min read
Cisco CEO explains 7% job cuts, AI focus

Corporate

Working to 'provide a better, unified experience for our customers and partners' says Chuck Robbins on Q4 earnings call

clock 15 August 2024 • 8 min read
Most read
01

Ransomware targets London branch of China's ICBC

13 September 2024 • 2 min read
02
03

Teen arrested over TfL cyberattack

13 September 2024 • 3 min read
04

Avis notifies customers of data breach

10 September 2024 • 3 min read

Sign up to our newsletter

The best news, stories, features and photos from the day in one perfectly formed email.

More on Business Software

CrowdStrike updates caused Linux outages in April

CrowdStrike updates caused Linux outages in April

But they went unnoticed

clock 22 July 2024 • 3 min read
Massive IT outage hits airlines, hospitals and banks around the globe

Massive IT outage hits airlines, hospitals and banks around the globe

CrowdStrike update causes Windows to crash

John Leonard
clock 19 July 2024 • 2 min read
University IT chief: 'We count ourselves lucky we're not on VMware'

University IT chief: 'We count ourselves lucky we're not on VMware'

Nutanix .Next event saw customers looking for alternatives

John Leonard
clock 22 May 2024 • 5 min read