VMware DC Exit Workshop by Insight

Insight's VMware DC Exit Workshop is a structured, expert-led half-day engagement designed for IT leaders facing Broadcom renewal shock. With Broadcom price increases of 300-1,500% driving 86% of IT organizations to reduce their VMware footprint, AWS has become the top destination for VMware exits. This workshop converts that urgency into a qualified, data-backed migration plan.

The workshop quantifies your VMware cost exposure and Broadcom renewal risk, classifies your workload landscape using the 7 Rs of migration, and maps each workload tier to the optimal AWS destination path. Four migration paths are evaluated: EC2 Rehost for maximum savings with AWS Transform accelerating migrations up to 80x; Amazon EVS Relocate for the fastest DC exit with zero app changes; Nutanix NC2 on AWS for escaping Broadcom without full cloud-native refactoring; and Containers Refactor for DevOps-mature organizations pursuing maximum modernization.

The engagement compresses weeks of discovery into a single half-day session by leveraging pre-workshop questionnaires and discovery tools. With CIO, CTO, and Finance stakeholders aligned in one room, you achieve consensus in hours rather than months. Within 48-72 hours post-workshop, you receive a board-ready executive summary, co-authored AWS Path Scoring Matrix, CFO-ready 3-year business case, funding eligibility summary covering OLA, MAP, MCB, and AMA programs, a future-state architecture diagram, and a draft Statement of Work for Insight's RADIUS Migrate and Modernize or Implementation engagement.

The post-workshop roadmap progresses from RADIUS Migrate and Modernize in 4-6 weeks, through Implementation Services over 3-12 months, to ongoing managed services. AWS funding programs are assessed live during the session, including Optimization and Licensing Assessments, Migration Acceleration Program credits, Migration Capital Bridge for hardware buyback, and AWS Modernization Assurance for enterprise deals at competitive risk.