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HPE VM Essentials

Reclaim Control and Cut Costs with HPE Morpheus VM Essentials

A sovereign, budget-friendly VMware alternative. Built for councils, agencies, and public sector IT teams.

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VMware Costs Are Climbing, But You Have a Choice

With licensing changes and rising renewal costs post-Broadcom, more UK public sector organisations are reviewing their virtualisation strategy.
HPE Morpheus VM Essentials (VME) offers a seamless, non-disruptive alternative — no lock-in, no rip-and-replace.

Lower licensing costs

Keep your data sovereign

Manage VMware and VME from one interface

Backed by trusted UK support through Centerprise

Enterprise-Grade Virtualisation Without the Complexity or Cost

Perfect for hybrid IT environments where you need flexibility, control, and predictable costs.

Live migration, backup, HA included

Ensure business continuity with built-in live migration, automated backups, and high availability — all included at no extra cost.

Simple per-socket licensing not per-core or per-VM

Enjoy transparent, predictable pricing with straightforward per-socket licensing that eliminates complex usage calculations.

Unified dashboard to manage VMware + HPE side by side

Monitor and control your entire infrastructure seamlessly from a single, integrated dashboard that brings VMware and HPE together.

UK-based delivery & support, fully ISO 27001 and Cyber Essentials Plus compliant

Rely on trusted, locally delivered services backed by UK-based experts and industry-leading security and compliance standards.

Know Before You Migrate

CloudPhysics is a free, lightweight analysis tool from HPE that:

Benchmarks your VMware environment

Gain instant insights into your current VMware performance, utilization, and efficiency compared to industry standards.

Forecasts renewal cost impact

Understand how upcoming license renewals and infrastructure changes could affect your IT budget before you commit.

Calculates potential VME savings

Identify opportunities to reduce costs through HPE Virtual Machine Environment (VME) optimization and smarter resource allocation.

Assesses readiness for hybrid/sovereign cloud

Evaluate your workloads and infrastructure to determine how prepared your environment is for hybrid or sovereign cloud adoption.

Budget Control. Sovereignty. Compliance.

Whether you’re a council, NHS trust, or central agency, VME aligns with public sector mandates:

Data stays in the UK

Full compliance with procurement and security standards

Cost certainty for budget planning

Support from a local, trusted partner

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Client Reviews

IT Lead
County Council
VME helped us slash our virtualisation spend without disrupting operations.
Head of Infrastructure
Government Agency
The CloudPhysics assessment gave us everything we needed to make the case internally.
Infrastructure Manager
Public Sector Organisation
The unified HPE and VMware dashboard simplified management across all our sites.
IT Operations ManagerLocal Authority
With HPE’s support and clear licensing model, we finally gained control over our virtual environment costs.

Future-Proof Your Virtual Infrastructure Without the Complexity or Cost