At VMworld 2014, VMware has announced vSphere Remote Office Branch Office (ROBO). This new package, available as Standard and Advanced edition, offers a per virtual machine licensing model. These 25 VM packs can be distributed across multiple remote sites.

vSphere ROBO is expected to be available in Q3 2014.

vSphere Enterprise Plus vSphere ROBO vSphere ROBO Advanced License entitlement Per 1 CPU Pack of 25 Virtual Machines Pack of 25 Virtual Machines Price $3.495,00 $3.000,00 $4.500,00 vMotion Storage vMotion High Availability Data Protection Fault Tolerance vShield Endpoint vSphere Replication Hot Add Distributed Switch Host Profiles Auto Deploy App HA Reliable Memory Big Data Extensions Virtual Serial Port Concentrator Distributed Resources Scheduler Distributed Power Management Storage DRS Profile-Driven Storage Storage I/O Control Network I/O Control Single Root I/O Virtualization Flash Read Cache Storage APIs for Array Integration

Introducing VMware vSphere Remote Office Branch Office Editions