VMware releases vSphere Express for virtualization on up to 128 cores

VMware has released vSphere Express, a lower-end virtualization offering for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that requires cost-effective essential virtualization. vSphere Express includes basic capabilities such as vMotion for live migration of virtual machines and high availability for automated restart of failed virtual machines. It supports up to 128 cores and is priced at $9,600 per year, which does not decrease with fewer cores. The product will be updated as frequently as VMware's flagship private cloud bundle, VCF.