VMware Introduces Kubernetes as a Service on Photon Platform - Seite 3

Pricing and Availability

VMware Photon Platform will become available in Q4 2016. Pricing and licensing will be made available upon general availability of the platform.

Components of the VMware Photon Platform -- Photon Controller and Photon OS -- are available today as open source software and are accessible via VMware's GitHub page at https://github.com/vmware.

Additional Resources

• Read the blog post on VMware Photon Platform
• Learn more about VMware Cloud-Native Applications solutions
• Learn more about VMware Photon Platform
• Access and download VMware's open source software projects from GitHub
• Go to the VMworld 2016 Europe Online Press Kit
• Connect with VMware on Twitter and Facebook

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